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The English word spirit, from Latin spiritus "breath", has many different meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body. It can also refer to a "subtle" as opposed to "gross" material substance, as in the famous last paragraph of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica.
The word spirit is often used metaphysically to refer to the consciousness or personality. The notions of a person's spirit and soul often also overlap, as both contrast with body and both are believed to survive bodily death in some religions, and "spirit" can also have the sense of "ghost", i.e. a manifestation of the spirit of a deceased person.
The term may also refer to any incorporeal or immaterial being, such as demons or deities. In the Bible, "the Spirit" (with a capital "S"), specifically denotes the Holy Spirit.
The English word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning "breath", but also "spirit, soul, courage, vigor", ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)peis. It is distinguished from Latin anima, "soul" (which nonetheless also derives from an Indo-European root meaning "to breathe", earliest form *h2enh1- ). In Greek, this distinction exists between pneuma (πνεῦμα), "breath, motile air, spirit," and psykhē (ψυχή), "soul" (even though the latter term, ψῡχή = psykhē/psūkhē, is also from an Indo-European root meaning "to breathe": *bhes-, zero grade *bhs- devoicing in proto-Greek to *phs-, resulting in historical-period Greek ps- in psūkhein, "to breathe", whence psūkhē, "spirit", "soul").
Actors: Gene Stratton-Porter (writer), Stephanie Skinner (actress), Dan Parks (miscellaneous crew), Dan Parks (writer), Dan Parks (actor), Dan Parks (producer), Dan Parks (director), Dan Parks (miscellaneous crew), A.C. McCray (actor), Brenda Jo Reutebuch (actress), Cody Steele (producer), Mary Norwood (producer), Mary Norwood (actress), Mary Norwood (costume designer), Rodger Owsley (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The setting is in the late 1830s of rural Indiana. Dannie has always loved Mary, and had even asked his best friend Jimmy Malone to "win her over" for him. Jimmy decided to take Mary for himself and married her. Dannie and the Malones' cabins are next to each other. Dannie does twice the work on their farms because Jimmy is a lousy drunk and doesn't appreciate Mary. Dannie does his best to persevere, but for how long?
Keywords: 1830s, cabin, devotion, fishing, friendship, funeral, loyalty, perseverance, tavern, true-loveActors: Gene Stratton-Porter (writer), Stephanie Skinner (actress), Dan Parks (miscellaneous crew), Dan Parks (writer), Dan Parks (actor), Dan Parks (producer), Dan Parks (director), Dan Parks (miscellaneous crew), A.C. McCray (actor), Brenda Jo Reutebuch (actress), Cody Steele (producer), Mary Norwood (producer), Mary Norwood (actress), Mary Norwood (costume designer), Rodger Owsley (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The setting is in the late 1830s of rural Indiana. Dannie has always loved Mary, and had even asked his best friend Jimmy Malone to "win her over" for him. Jimmy decided to take Mary for himself and married her. Dannie and the Malones' cabins are next to each other. Dannie does twice the work on their farms because Jimmy is a lousy drunk and doesn't appreciate Mary. Dannie does his best to persevere, but for how long?
Keywords: 1830s, cabin, devotion, fishing, friendship, funeral, loyalty, perseverance, tavern, true-loveActors: Skip Shea (producer), Skip Shea (writer), Skip Shea (director), Sean Carmichael (actor), Mike Messier (actor), David Graziano (actor), Alecia Batson (actress), Alecia Batson (actress), Diana Porter (actress), Stephen O'Neil Martin (actor), Mary DeBerry (producer), Mary DeBerry (writer), Timmy DeCoff (actor), Mary DeBerry (actress), Camille Farnan (actress),
Plot: The screenplay is based on a Catholic orphanage during the 1940's. It shows what happened to a woman who fell in love with a Naval Officer only to have him leave. She is confronted with being pregnant. It shows what a mother had to go through and the heartaches of giving up her baby to an orphanage. It also portrays life in the orphanage and the adoption process.
Genres: Biography, Drama, Short,Actors: Skip Shea (producer), Skip Shea (writer), Skip Shea (director), Sean Carmichael (actor), Mike Messier (actor), David Graziano (actor), Alecia Batson (actress), Alecia Batson (actress), Diana Porter (actress), Stephen O'Neil Martin (actor), Mary DeBerry (producer), Mary DeBerry (writer), Timmy DeCoff (actor), Mary DeBerry (actress), Camille Farnan (actress),
Plot: The screenplay is based on a Catholic orphanage during the 1940's. It shows what happened to a woman who fell in love with a Naval Officer only to have him leave. She is confronted with being pregnant. It shows what a mother had to go through and the heartaches of giving up her baby to an orphanage. It also portrays life in the orphanage and the adoption process.
Genres: Biography, Drama, Short,I Am The Eagle
(Music and Lyrics by Rhett Davis)
There once was a silver grey fox of great beauty
Who lived very deep in the woods
Afraid of the meadow where life once before
Had treated her worse than it should
And to think of the mountain beyond the green meadow
Did surely bring fear to her heart
For she'd heard the stories of all the great hunters
And shivered and cried in the dark
Tired of living a life of dark shadows
The fox ventured out in the light
And rejoiced at the sounds and the smell of the meadow
While keeping her shelter in sight
Then all at once such a fear overcame her
As a shadow passed over the sun
And as she heard the cry of the great hunting eagle
She knew it was over and done
Chorus:
I am the eagle - the sweet soaring eagle
I've come to take you away
High up the mountain past sparkling blue rivers
And show you the place where I stay
Please do not fear me for I will not harm you
No matter what others may say
For thought it is true that our lives should not mingle
I've need of some friendship today
I've need of some love today)
Though she didn't know why she accepted the offer
And reluctantly climbed on his back
And the woods and the meadow were left far behind her
It seemed she would never get back
Then the fox sensed a yearning deep within the great eagle
And she felt something stir in her too
Could she the fox fall in love with the eagle
And he fall in love with her too
Could this eagle be lonely and searching for someone
To help him rule his domain
Had he ever had someone to love and protect him
And bring him in out of the rain
Then the eagle spoke soft and his words were a wonder
In a voice touched with sadness it seemed
Even though I may hunt in the name of survival
I need not kill all that I see