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"Der Wächter," Kafka's sense that the mystical state, insofar as it comprehends these discrete lesser states of mind, is the only escape from the "Zelle"
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This postscript was signed "Zelle," -- the orphan's childish and pet name at the Grange, which she now put off with the peace and purity of maidenhood and domestic life.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various
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Freudian (cf. "Die Zelle") than in Jungian pan-mystical terms of lower ego versus higher Self, or ignorance versus Wisdom.
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Ich muß nicht mehr zurück, die Zelle ist gesprengt, ich bewege mich, ich fühle meinen
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"Robinson Crusoe" presents another trope for the putatively split human mind as its own trap, only here the trap is agoraphobic rather than claustrophobic as in "Die Zelle":
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So at first he stays visibly perched at its peak, believing, like the prisoner in "Die Zelle," that remaining within the relatively safe, overt space of consciousness (here the upper strata of the mysterious island of self) offers the best hope of rescue.
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Mata Hari was the stage name of Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle (7 August 1876, Leeuwarden – 15 October 1917, Vincennes), a Frisian (Dutch) exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad for espionage during World War I.
AS SEEN ON TV: MATA HARI Toby O'B 2009
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Ich muß nicht mehr zurück, die Zelle ist gesprengt, ich bewege mich, ich fühle meinen
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Zelle and Icodel, our nanny and housekeeper, were also pillars of strength.
Ms. Walters Reflects Walters, Barbara 2008
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Zelle are a jewellery company, who make a huge range of fantastically geek-friendly products, like a necklace made of ¼ jack plugs, MIDI plug keychains and best of all the gold microprocessor bling necklace.
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