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I actually seem to have had dreams last night about the spiritual nature of Superman, and the main focus of the dream was Morrison & Quitely's ALL-STAR SUPES.
In the dream, Superman was seen through a Buddhist or Taoist lens, and it was like the universe was saying to me that Superman is representative of 'right mind, right actions, and right consequences,' and that Superman as an idea/entity helps to raise all of our vibrations, level fo compassion, and such. I know it might sound silly to those of you who don't frequent The Temple here on Barbelith or normally contemplate such things, but I just thought it was interesting given Morrison's focus on such spiritual/magical topics.
And, as several have listed here, Superman, in pretty much all the Morrison-written issues, uses force only as a last resort and otherwise is a peaceful, compassionate Sun God. I recall Morrison saying that when he wrote JLA, he would have a problem in his own life and go into a shamanic trance or whatever and summon up the spirit of Superman to see how Superman would deal with the problem/challenge, since Superman, by his very nature, can solve any problem.
I even had a vision of an upcoming cover of All-Star Supes that said 'Raises your vibrations!' on it, right to the right of the logo, the way a cereal box might have a yellow circle that said "Now with 20% more fiber!" *lol*. I am very much aware of the inherent silliness/weirdness of that notion.
Maybe, like The Invisibles, the comic has a nice side-benefit of transmitting messages of peace and spiritual awareness in addition to simply being entertaining. Or maybe one might say I'm just thinking about these things anyway and, since I'm a comic fan, I'm merging the two in my subconscious. But hey, J.H. Williams III used to sign his messages on Barbelith with 'rise and reverberate' so I can't be the only one!
Here's to the next issue. this really is a run on the character of Superman that will be considered historic when we look back on it. |
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