There's No Place Like Home • The Great Oz Knows Why You Have Come
How Very Resourceful • Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain
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| Lost Word of Oz: A story of symbols, stages and interpretation, The |
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Author(s): Chappell, Kayna |
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Publisher(s): Amazon Digital Services, Inc. |
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Genre(s): Fantasy |
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Comments: Dorothy thought she was following a road. She was wrong. In a world where language shapes reality and symbols remember what history forgets, the Yellow Brick Road is not merely a path—it is a text. Introduced first as setting, character, and plot, it becomes a stage upon which meaning itself is tested. Layered with ancient letters, hidden grammars, and archetypal forces, it responds to those who walk it, revealing not answers, but demands. As Dorothy journeys toward the Emerald City, she is joined by companions burdened not just by absence, but by consequence. The Tin Man longs for a woman who vanished from the Word itself. The Lion bears the unseen cost of obedience mistaken for justice. The Strawman is burdened by paper. When the Wheel turns, judgment arrives—not as punishment, but as recognition. Engaging biblical silence, letter-mysticism, tarot archetypes, and mythic structures from East and West, The Lost Word of Oz reimagines Oz as a living system of meaning—one that thinks, remembers, and responds. Fiction here is not an escape, but a method: a way of staging interpretation, responsibility, and freedom. This is not a story about finding the right path. It is a story about learning how paths remember you. |
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