%0 Electronic %A Hammond, Rose. %I Cambridge Scholars Publishing %D 2012 %C Newcastle upon Tyne, UK %G English %@ 1443845388 %@ 9781443845380 %T Islands in the sky the four-dimensional journey of Odysseus through space and time %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=531975 %X Homer provides an enormous challenge to the student; the potentialities of these lengthy texts are legion and the scholarship vast. The author has relied upon her knowledge of symbolic discourse to make a fresh study of the Odyssey, prioritising early neighbouring religions, their mythology, and shamanic practice. The latter has yielded particularly rich material concerning the axis of the world (axis mundi) as a route to the stars and the world of the gods. Man's shared experience of the nig ...