Baal, St. George, and Khidr Erin Ruel Best and Brian S

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

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He also offers an examination of the psychology of scapegoating

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

Baal, St. George, and Khidr Erin Ruel Best and Brian SIn 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