Baal, St. George, and Khidr Erin Ruel "Going East with Merton: Forty

"Going East with Merton: Forty Years Later--and Coming West with Paramahansa Yogananda Today" by Emile J

The works in the final section recall memories of a simpler time

nineteenth-century American theatrical phenomenon that gave way to twentieth-century entertainment forms such as vaudeville and comedy on radio and television

and classic western authors Will James and Zane Grey

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Baal, St. George, and Khidr Erin Ruel "Going East with Merton: FortyIn Western tradition, St. George is known as the dragon slayer. In the Middle East, he is called Khidr (Green One), and in addition to being a dragon slayer, he is also somehow the prophet Elijah. In this book, Robert D. Miller II untangles these complicated connections and reveals how, especially in his Middle Eastern guise, St. George is a reincarnation of the Canaanite storm god Baal, another Green One who in Ugaritic texts slays dragons. Combining