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London, Jack
Identifier
001275
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Jack London – The White Silence
Nature has many tricks wherewith she convinces man of his finity – the ceaseless flow of the tides, the fury of the storm, the shock of the earthquake, the roll of heaven’s artillery – but the most tremendous, the most stupefying of all is the passive phase of the White Silence. All movement ceases, the sky clears, the heavens are as brass; the slightest whisper seems sacrilege, and man becomes timid, affrighted at the sound of his own voice. Sole speck of life journeying across the ghostly wastes of a dead world
The source of the experience
London, JackConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Overloads
Being in extremely inhospitable surroundingsLoneliness and isolation