From: neal.pritchard@f605.n712.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Neal Pritchard)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Subject: Thought provoking questi
Date: 11 Aug 92 08:11:04 GMT
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Original to: 9207987h@Levels.Unisa.Ed
...and so spaketh 9207987h@levels.unisa.edu with dimensious postulation 
upon the subject of Thought provoking questio...

Daniel,

I'll give you my impression of what the answers should be. Bear in mind 
they are surely not the only answers.

9>1. What was the reason behind Windom seeking out the Black Lodge? Was
9>   it just plain curiousity or did he have some other "darker" reason?
Windom Earle wanted the POWER the black lodge could provide him with. He 
was a meglomaniac, to say the least...


9>2. What WAS the Black Lodge? - A place of evil or did it serve some
9>   other purpose? (Black Lodge = Hell??)
It is the YANG side of the universal balance (YIN/YANG) and represented 
the bad/evil side of the balance.


9>3. We all saw Cooper smash his head against his bathroom mirror
9>   indicating a "possession" (Bob I assume).
9>   Does this mean the "good" Cooper is trapped in the Black Lodge?
9>   Does this mean that when Bob possessed Leland, the "good" Leland
9>   was trapped in the Black Lodge as well? (Although it seems Bob went
9>   in and out of Lelands body when he chose to)
The 'posession' causes a type of state of schophrenia, where the good side 
has no idea or recollection of the posessed sides actions.  That is to say 
the concience of the good side is 'put on hold' while the bad side does 
it's thing.  It is possible that the good-side, as a whole, could be 
released from the black lodge, but I'm not sure about that ...


9>4. Who was the Log Lady? (ie. her background) Where did she get this   
9>   knack of correctly predicting the future? (in her cryptic way)
That one's not too difficult, but it is weird. The Log-Lady, or Margaret 
Lanterman, does not predict the future. Her log does and she mearly 
listens to it. I'll explain:
   Her husband was a logger, a friend of Pete, who was killed in a 
mysterious fire after notifying Margaret that there was something wrong in 
the woods.  She said she could smell pine tar at the time (which smells 
like burnt engine oil - BOB's smell).  It is possible his spirit was 
captured and entraped into the wood of the log, just as, it would seem, 
Josie's soul was trapped in the knob of the bed-side table when she died 
in Harry's arms.
   My theory is that she is told what is happening by he husband, from the 
other side.  Margret is not herself psychic, just sensative.


9>5. I'm pretty sure that the giant was a "good" guy - why therefore do 
9>we (Cooper) see him in the Black Lodge in the final episode? 
9>   How about the "Little Man From Another Place" - was he a goodie?
They are both Bad AND good.  "Dupleganger!", said the "Little Man From 
Another Place".  A dupleganger is an exact anti-replica, ie. has the same 
look with the opposite feel.  I feel they are both BEYOND good and evil, 
thus they are both yet neither.


9>6. We see Windom Earle virtually explode in that last episode as well,
9>   which I assume is Bob taking his soul - Why did Bob do this?
Windom Earle tried to take the soul of Cooper by force/coersion. The 
creatures that are BOB can only be invited into a host. That was BOB's 
problem with Laura. She would not invite him in, just play around with 
him.
   Earle showed ignorance of this and as a result was punished (pretty 
rough rules when you play with the 'devil'). I'm not sure if BOB took his 
soul (which I doubt, even though he says this, as unless Earle had 
accepted BOB's offer to be a host, he would be playing AGAINST his own 
rules) or removed it causing a violent death.


There you go Daniel. Hope you understand my answers. Just reply E-MAil me 
if you don't and I'll clarify (hopefully).

Neal Pritchard.

   "You listen to me.  While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact 
is that I am a nay-sayer and hatchet man in the fight against violence.  I 
pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another, because I 
choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King.  My concerns are 
global.  I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation.  The 
foundation of such a method ... is love. I love you, Sheriff Truman."
                                -My favorite Albert Rosenfeld Quote.

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