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Although the Demontange Saga is fiction, St. Lucia is a real place with a wonderful story of its own. We are psychotherapists with an intimate knowledge of psychological processes and motivations. The columns in this section provide insight into the settings, culture and characters in our works as well as perceptions about the writing process... We want to share this material and our perceptions with other authors but believe that many of our readers will find these columns of interest as well.
Recently we took back all our rights to A Dream Across Time and are now self publishing the Demontagne Saga. It is very gratifying to have the entire publishing process under our control.
If you would like to see what we have been up to and to see some of what we are dealing with as we move to self publish, go to our blog at http://letmedigress.blogspot.com. We want it to be interactive so join in. The columns from the Author to Author section will also appear in the blog.
At the end of the latest column, you'll find clicks for past columns.
Column 24
Philippe Diamant Demontagne (Philippe)
Did Jamie and Andre tempt fate when they named Philippe after the child who was lost in the French Revolution? It seems they did or was it just that a crisis was inevitable because the mother of the first Philippe cannot rest.
Jamie is deeply distressed as she watches her son fall into a crisis which is unfathomable. His problems are beyond understanding. Where can she seek an answer? In modern medicine or in the understanding of people who are closer to the mysticism of the islands?
And what of Philippe? Any child must face the inevitable crises which are a part of childhood. How can he attend to the developmental work of a child when he is being drawn into things which are inexplicable? All he can know is that he may be living his own life one moment and then is drawn into what seems to be another world and another life.
As we move through A Circle of Dreams with this family we can only wonder what effects these experiences will have on him. Perhaps the effects will be more than just memories. After all, Philippe must almost surely have some of the unusual abilities to which these children are heir. Having experienced openings to the past, what will he retain?
In A Circle of Dreams we can only sight the beginning of things for Philippe. Our focus is stronger on Yvie and Lissa. His story will play out much later.
Past Columns
Column 1 - St. Lucia
Column 2 - Jamie Elliott
Column 3 - Andre Demontagne
Column 4 - Paul and Danielle
Column 5 - Marcus Deroche
Column 6 - Bertille Deroche
Column 7 - What It's Like Living in the Tropics, Part 1
Column 8 - What It's Like Living in the Tropics, Part 2
Column 9 - Taylor, Clarisse and Barbara
Column 10 - How Does Our Writing Partnership Work?
Column 11 - Goal, Motivation, Conflict and Creativity
Column 12 - Family Life is a Saga
Column 13 - Toward A Circle of Dreams; I don't believe in ghosts.
Column 14 - A Book Walked in the Door
Column 15 - Every Woman Knows This Story
Column 16 - The Bridge
Column 17 - Why the Mystical Element in A Dream Across Time?
Column 18 - Gaia and myth in the Demontagne Saga
Column 19 - Carl Jung, Mythology and the Demontagne Saga
Column 20 - Carl Jung's Concepts in the Demontagne Saga
Column 21 - Martinique
Column 22 – Janine-Yvette Demontange (Yvie)
Column 23 – Anne-Clarisse Demontagne (Lissa)
Column 24 - Philippe Diamant Demontagne (Philippe)
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