tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post7929070692971522144..comments2024-03-26T09:32:26.565-05:00Comments on Sherlock Peoria: The Breakable Mr. ElementarySherlock Peoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-78802300074262983882015-03-23T12:47:55.123-05:002015-03-23T12:47:55.123-05:00This is my own most hated version of broken Holmes...This is my own most hated version of broken Holmes: the pathetic, retired loser who has become hopelessly drug-addicted and/or suicidal because of boredom. It’s not even logical! LAST makes it clear Holmes was so content with his retirement that he had to be dragged kicking and screaming out of it, and agreed to spy for the government ONLY out of patriotic necessity. The rest of the time, he had no reason to be bored because if he’d wanted other cases, he could have had them at any time. Anybody who doubts this need only consider the literally thousands of requests for help he receives every week to this day. <br /><br />I’ve always believed Holmes retired because he’d spent most of his life developing the rational and scientific parts of his personality to the exclusion of the emotional and spiritual parts. When the discomfort of this neglect became too great, he retired to nurture his entire soul.<br /><br />We know he was interested in religion and spirituality. If you look at James Fowler’s stages of spiritual development, it’s clear that Holmes spent most of his adult life at stage 4. As he got older, he began to transition into 5, and eventually 6, but he could not make that transition as long as he was working as a detective because his need to rely on rigid logic and realism stifled him spiritually. <br /><br />I also think it’s highly likely the bees never existed. I think the description of him retiring to study and raise bees is an example of Watson’s pawky humor. That is, Holmes really retired to study and raise his being (soul or spirit). <br /><br />http://www.exploring-spiritual-development.com/JamesFowlersStages.html<br /><br />By the way, there’s an article about “the Sherlock archtype” on the Huffington Post, but it’s obviously written by somebody who’s never read the Canon, just seen that TV show you like so much. <br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-cook/sherlock-holmes-archetype_b_6904120.html<br /><br />Andarta WoodlandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com