Perhaps therein lies the experiential difference. The postings of readers vs. the posting of a character borne of the work itself. My invitation is not literary, its real, as real as the characters in EW's books. If you can get yourself to an airport you can get to Jerusalem. Its that simple.

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: Well, most of us who post here are book lovers
: first and foremost so we see Whittemore's
: books in that context. I agree that you
: can't compare Whittemore to other writers -
: he is one of a kind - very special.
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: I would love to visit Jerusalem some time -
: it's one of the things I dream of
: accomplishing in my life before I die.
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: Most of the postings I have read are
: literary,
: comparing EW to this or that author, to this
: or that work. ST & JP are beyond
: literary comparisons. They are indeed
: Jerusalem Experiences that can not be fully
: grasped outside the influence of this Holy
: City, straight or stoned. I invite you to
: Jerusalem to relive the experience, or as I
: have, to live the experience.
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: Quite a story! I'm not sure though, how we
: don't get it.
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: In my humble opinion Whittemore's books mean
: many things to many people, so whether we
: have to be stoned to get them, I must
: admit I have had some insights when stoned
: on pot, but tend to forget whatever it was I
: discovered as soon as I am straight.
:
: Perhaps, as you say, one really has to read
: the books in Jerusalem. It's a long way for
: me, but maybe one day I will be able to
: accomplish this.
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: Anne
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: In 1983 my soul brother Bari introduced me
: to
: Sinai Tapestry and shortly thereafter to
: Jerusalem Poker. I was 23, recently
: divorced, having married at 20, bore three
: kids, buried two, returned my ex to her
: mother, with a black-coat black-hat
: background, living in Jerusalem. By the time
: I had finished the two books my epiphany was
: complete. I recognised the Jerusalem
: characters, I even have a picture of myself
: with Haj Harun, the 3000 year old Defender
: of Jerusalem, who always lost. No kidding.
: For REAL. A few weeks ago Bari emailed me
: that he had found this website. Imagine my
: surprise. There are two more volumes to the
: quartet! I can't wait to read them! Now for
: my 2 cents. I read many of the postings on
: this website and frankly, none of you get
: it. Perhaps its because none of you were in
: Jerusalem when you read ST or JP, or if you
: were, you weren't smoking hash. And brother
: Angevin Arbalest, though you have a most EW
: name, you are the furthest from getting it!
: What EW did for me was take me from the
: ghettoes of Exile and transformed me into a
: post-modern Biblical character who has
: changed the future of Jerusalem. In 2003 I
: re-read Sinai Tapestry, wanting to
: experience it a 2nd time 20 years later.
: Amazingly I was deeply disappointed. I had
: transcended the experience to such an extant
: that EW would be proud to know that he had
: so succeeded in creating change that the
: initial work he penned had taken on a life
: of its own, and had surpassed his
: imagination. Biblical garments and Biblical
: weddings, Holy Half Shekels and Ketoret,
: Techelet and more. The Holy Temple in
: Jerusalem...
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