Tarshish: An Island in the Stream of Consciousness

By Bruce Patterson

Not for the timid, not for the weak; fishers of men only, need apply. Must be able to carry a contiguous line of thought. For directions to Tarshish; follow the sign of the infinitive.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jul 19, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449757571

Bruce Patterson

Born in Me., resided in four states. Four brothers and four sisters; fourth male to exit the matrix and fourth from the last born. Married on the Fourth of July over forty years ago. My wife and I enjoy our children’s children to the fourth generation. Class of ’85 Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH., Class of ’70 Antrim, NH., GED, Dover De., Junior Grange, St. Albans, Me.

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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CAST OF CHARACTERS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

PREFACE

ACT ONE

ACT TWO

ACT THREE

ACT FOUR

THE FIFTH ACT

ADDENDUM

COMING ATTRACTIONS: THE SIXTH ACT

STUDY AIDS AND VISUAL AFFECTS

BLUE HILL

THE MAINE CASH COW

THE MAINE COMMONAGE CLUB

THE TOKEN

THE SUNDAY DRIVE

PARSON FISHER

NOAH’S DOVE

THE SINNER’S CHRISTMAS STORY

THE BELLA DOMINA

AMERICA and THE BINDING LIGHT

THE ANAMORPHOSIS OF A PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY

THE THREE R’S

THE FLOOD

THE KINGS IDEA

THE BELL STATION RESTAURANT: CLOSED

I TOLD A MAN

LOST YOUR CORNERSTONE

A VALENTINE FROM THE MOON

REITERATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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The Father

The Son

The Holy Ghost

The Word

CAST OF CHARACTERS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

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Parson Johnathan Fisher

John Bunyan

Henry David

Ernest Hemingway

A Pope

The King

Jack Ketch

Jeremy

Reverend Wrong

Noah

A Man

Jonah

Numerous Saints

Amerigo Vespucci

Abraham Lincoln

General John Stark

Anacreon

The Mandrake

The Four Sisters

The Four Brothers

The Lone Ranger

Enoch Pond

Data entry facilitator: Bruce A. Patterson

PREFACE

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What you are about to read is a non-fictional account of my spiritual education. This story is not of great length; however considerable time may need to be invested to check the facts. Of course few will make that investment because narrow is the way and few there be that find it. This story is about the two ways through the bible, and how the fork in the road starts right at the creation days.

I confess at this point that I did not make a choice for God; God chose me to write this; and as God is my teacher, so be it. Please take note that your uncontrollable thoughts about these opening statements will have a direct impact on what kind of an era the world is entering into. All though there is nothing in this story that is overly complicated; Jonah and I have introduced a few biblical streams of thought, which are not in the main stream today.

So, for those of you who confess to be something of a Christian; and for those of you who confess to be something of an intellectual; grab your rod, your reel, and your creel; and we will see what kind of fisher of men, you might be. For the rest of you, who would like to ride along for the view, get in the boat and we will head up the stream.

There are no predictions made about anyone or any group in this tutorial. This is purely an educational tutorial. If you can remain conscious, a few of the things that you will learn are: that the Bible is one piece of literary work; how the Bible is divided into specific time periods; and one thing I find particularly meet, is that The Word confirms that the scientific community has come up with the right age for the earth. You see, we can all get along; because The Word not only tells you the earth is round; it tells you that the earth is 4 ½ billion years old.

In addition, you will learn why there are thirty nine books before the New Testament, why there is four hundred years between the Old Testament and the New Testament; and why there are forty authors of the bible.

To get started, here are the directions to Tarshish: Turn not to the right hand or to the left just follow the sign of The Infinite One.

ACT ONE

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Who shall declare His generation? is from Isaiah 53:8. My answer to that question is; God declares. The document supporting this is of course the bible. One objective of this treatise is to show that this is doctrine taught by God; not my own dogmatism. Of course the question is referring to the generation of Jesus, and the correct understanding of this verse is paramount, because Jesus is the one that the volume of The Book is written about. Of course, The Book, or The Bible as it is commonly known as, is the original constitution of the world we live in. The fact that the establishment of laws governing nature and mankind existed before the printing press evolved, does not detract from the fact that the Bible is a constitution in the purest meaning of the word.

GOD IS THE WORD: and we need to keep in mind that every thing was given to us as examples and that there was nothing that was made that was not made by God. There would be no need for the word meta-phrase or the definition for the word meta-phrase except that God created meta-phrases in the first place. Point being is that He used meta-phrases in the Bible even though the word meta-phrase is not found in the Bible. The Bible is also full of litotes even though the word litotes is not found in the Bible. There are euphemisms and onomatopoeia in the Bible and on and on it goes. God created etymology; mankind usurps the credit. For those of you who confess to be something of a Christian and those of you who are just along for the ride; the phrase keep in mind is a euphemism for try to stay awake which is a euphemism for try to stay conscious. As for those of you who confess to be something of an intellectual and are ruminating on this, of course you have realized this is a euphemism for chewing the cud. This of course is what was done in the days before you took