To use the age-old analogy, the chicken came first. This is the position that the West has recently taken, but not always, and there are many that are once again starting to rethink that idea altogether . . .
At the end of the movie, the audience realizes she’s been in a dream all along, never quite knowing which state of consciousness is real . . .
The Scarecrow represents Western reason, and we are using the Tin Man here to represent the more Eastern view where the heart is held out to be supreme . . .
In fact, we believe any determination of NDE or ADE is definitional word-smithing; what happened to Dr. Alexander seems like a miracle to us in a whole host of fundamental ways . . .
