Julie-Anne Sykley - The Twilight Symbols: Motifs-Meanings-Messages

Dr. Julie-Anne Sykley is full-blood Ukrainian a descendant of the dark, wild places of East Europe. Hey, thats vampire country! Traditional vampire myths originate in Slavic folklore for the winters are long and cold here, and the landscape raw and rugged. In fact, the word vampire derives from the Slavic root pi , which means to drink or drain.

Julie-Anne is also a fully qualified Australian Psychologist with more than 20 years professional experience helping people. From inner city Sydney to the remote Territory outback, she has assisted young people, adults, offenders, prisoners, and traditional Aboriginal people to deal with a wide range of mental health issues. Julie-Anne is keen to promote mental health skills and increase peoples power to relax, solve problems, and develop positive coping strategies. This is why she wrote this book for you!

Julie-Anne currently resides in the Northern Territory where she lives with cyclones, crocodiles, her partner Steffanko (a Croatian vampire) and a bright red parrot named Ruby.

Beware! If Julie-Anne was ever turned into a Twilight -style vampire, her gift would be a non-stop crazy super-humor.

The apple a symbol of knowledge, immortality and temptation used in The Twilight Saga is set on fire. This image is trying to let readers know just how hot symbols really are. Symbols have the power to chill and thrill, frighten and brighten, teach and stimulate, stir and agitate, guide and motivate, and set your inner world on fire. This book explores powerful symbols in the Twilight books and looks at how these symbols can work for you in real life. But beware. You may find some symbols so hypnotic, irresistible, and dazzling that they will make you burn for more, so to speak.

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Thanks to John Hunt Publishing, John Hunt, Trevor Greenfield, Krystina Kellingley and Team for believing in my book. Life is nothing without dreams, and I hope that this book leads everyone to revisit their dreams with help from the world of symbols.

A sincere appreciation of Ms Stephenie Meyer author, creator of the Twilight series, and dreamer.

Significant acknowledgement goes to Didier Colins Dictionary of Symbols, Myths and Legends (2000; London: Hachette) for this books expert guidance and explanation around symbols.

Many thanks to the people who read and reviewed this book!

So what makes Edward Cullen so alluring? His eyes? His voice? Or his smile? When you quantify his communication style in Twilight by counting the number of times he uses his eyes, voice, and smiles when interacting with Bella, the results are:

Eye expressions used 335 times

Voice used 330 times

Smiling behavior 174 times

What does this mean? It means that in numerical terms in a novel, Edwards eyes and voice are equally alluring. Edward uses the power of his eyes as well as his voice to the same extent, when communicating to others, almost always Bella. Eye communication occurs nearly twice as much as smiles. The number of times Edward uses his voice is also nearly double that of smiles. It is interesting to note that while many fans adore Edwards golden eyes, the color of his eyes was mentioned 16 times in Twilight , just under 5% of all eye communications, which is a very small proportion. Perhaps visual information is more important and compelling to the perceiver than other aspects.

dark eyes 17, met my gaze 17, black eyes/revulsion 21, eyes flashed over 35, our eyes met 35, Edward Cullen is staring at you 36, still staring 36, staring 39, frustrated eyes 39, different eyes 39, strange/ocher eyes 39, dark gold eyes 41, penetrating eyes 41, eyes intense 42, staring at me 42, gaze appraising 42, staring intently 44, staring frozen/shocked 47, innocent expression 49, force of his gold-colored eyes 49, full/devastating eyes 49, gold eyes 49, he glared 54, eyes were cold 54, glared back 55, staring 55, golden eyes grew darker 60, staring curiously 62, frustrated/black eyes 62, gaze with probing intensity 62, his eyes released me 63, eyes were on me 66, tawny eyes 70, his eyes were wickedly amused 71, his eyes were gloriously intense 72, staring at you again 74, staring at me 74, wicked glint in his eyes 75, ocher eyes were serious 75, deep gold eyes 76, stared 77, eyes turned brooding 78, intensity of stare 78, ocher eyes scorching 79, eyes still smoldered 79, eyes were impenetrable 79, eyes full of emotion 80, eyes troubled 80, bright/exited eyes 84, staring with unfathomable expression 86, eyes mocking 88, staring forward 88, eyes narrowed 88, glanced down 88, eyes danced 89, stared at rain 90, curious eyes 90, eyes searching mine 91, raised one eyebrow 92, burning gold eyes 93, expression murderously angry 141, closing his eyes 141, squeezing his eyes 142, opened his eyes 142, staring at ceiling 142, eyes hard 143, eyes were curious 146, looked at me 146, watching me 146, watching me 148, stared into my eyes 148, light/golden butterscotch eyes 148, brow furrowed 148, stared stunned 148, eyes narrowed 148, eyes tight 148, raised one eyebrow 149, eyes flickered 149, rolling his eyes 150, eyes warm 150, eyes locked 151, stared 152, raised one eyebrow 152, eyes flashed 152, looked anxiously 152, staring past me 153, stare over 153, covering his eyes 153, his eyes seeking mine 153, looked down 154, looked at me 157, eyes enigmatic 157, rolled eyes rolled 158, looked down 159, honey eyes gentle 159, staring 160, eyes fierce 160, staring 161, stared 161, watchful eyes 161, look at me 162, golden eyes 162, eyes cold 162, looked at me quickly 163, eyes gentle but intense 164, anguished eyes 166, gaze on 166, eyes tight 168, looked like he was joking 174, eyes were capable 175, brightened his eyes 175, glared at me 181, glanced up 182, troubled eyes 182, dark golden eyes piercing 183, eyes surprised 183, he frowned 183, eyes were gentle 183, his liquid topaz eyes were penetrating 183, eyes narrowed 184, eyes knowing 184, the look in his eyes 184, looked wary 186, he frowned 186, rolled his eyes 186, serious eyes 186, eyes smoldering 187, eyes suddenly fierce 187, stared at me 188, eyes were scrutinizing 188, followed my gaze 189, eyes suddenly furious 189, glared at me 190, eyes peering 192, eyes smolder 192, eyes cautious 192, conflict raging in eyes 193, eyes shifted slightly 194, eyes slid back 195, rolled his eyes 195, eyes shrewd 196, eyes burned sincerely 196, staring at me 196, measuring me with eyes 196, humor in eyes 196, humor there 196, gazing morosely 197, eyes held 197, closed his eyes 197, eyes on clouds 197, eyes roamed 199, gaze lingered 199, staring 200, peculiar eyes 200, raised an eyebrow 200, looking at me 202, eyes ambivalent 202, looking at horizon 204, gazed unseeingly 204, eyes shifted to mine 204, raised one eyebrow 204, eyes darkened 213, golden eyes troubled 214, eyes innocent 214, rolling his eyes 214, eyes on face 215, he looked down 215, without looking away 216, looked me over 221, gaze 222, eyes annoyed 224, stared at me 224, holding my glance 225, eyes wary/reluctant 227, eyes satin smooth 229, eyes were open watching me 229, eyes butterscotch/warmer/lighter 229, golden eyes 229, eyes watching me 230, eyes mesmerized me 230, stared 231, eyes dark 231, eyes never left mine 231, eyes of a snake 232, lovely eyes glowed 232, eyes dimmed 232, he winked 232, eyes soft 232, looked into his eyes 233, gazing 233, looked back 234, looking into eyes 234, looked across 235, stared 235, glanced swiftly 235, gazed at sky 235, looked away 235, lifted his eyes 235, eyes burned 236, watched intently 236, glanced grimly 236, looked up 236, golden eyes scorched hypnotic/deadly 236, force of stare 237, eyes flashed 239, eyes tender 239, he looked down 239, glorious/agonized eyes 239240, golden eyes were on me 240, eyes met 240, stared 240, looked at me 240, looking to see 241, never moving eyes from mine 241, eyes peaceful 242, closed his eyes 242, hungry eyes 243, excited/flaring eyes 244, hear his eyes rolling 245, guarded expression 247, eyes wild 247, dazzled my eyes 247, eyes excited/faded 247, raised eyebrows 249, gazed 250, glanced 250, gazed 251, looked into my eyes 251, looked into sun 251, glanced 251, looked down 251, rolled his eyes 252, pointed glance 253, eyes darted 253, sly glance 254, holding my gaze 256, eyes appraised me 261, raised one eyebrow 261, examined my face 261, stared cautiously 262, looking down 263, eyes gleamed 275, gold eyes grew soft 275, gold eyes forgiving 275, rolled eyes 276, gazing at me 276, turning away eyes 277, eyes were back on me 277, stared into my eyes 278, long exasperated look 284, looked casually 285, looked thoughtfully 286, followed my gaze 287, watched me carefully 289, watching me 294, eyes intent 296, staring at my face 296, eyes were serious 296, stared into space 297, peculiar eyes 300, eyes dissected 301, raising his eyebrows 300, eyes bright 300, rolled his eyes 305, eyes on my back 305, eyes solemn 306, disbelieving look 314, watching me intensely 316, humor in eyes 316, stared at me incredulously 318, eyes grew eager/bright 321, eyes zeroed in 326, eyes on the road 333, hard look 334, stared 334, stared at me 336, squeezed eyes shut 336, glared at me 337, eyes always roving 342, saw the panic 346, stared blackly 346, looked away 350, glorious eyes burning 352, eyes went blank/dead 352, staring at me in pain 397, doubtful eyes blazed 397, looked away 401, did not return gaze 401, raised eyes to ceiling 401, stared at me 402, hurt touched his eyes 402, wide eyes earnest 403, speculative look in eyes 403, frowned 403, eyes flashed 405, eyes narrowed 409, eyes wide/serious 410, held my gaze 410, eyes dark/black 410, haunted look in eyes 411, eyes tightened 412, eyes flat black 412, stared intently 413, glared at me 413, eyes grew speculative 413, he frowned 414, closing his eyes 414, opened surprised eyes 414, rolled his eyes 415, eyes black 415, stared at each other 415, eyeing the button 415, met my gaze 417, looked in surprise 419, eyes narrowed 421, full force of his golden scorching eyes 422, eyes melting my fury 422, stared 422, glared 424, staring 425, looking at me intently 426, frowned 429, frown deepened 430, eyes troubled 430, smile did not touch eyes 431, glancing down 431, brows pulled together over eyes 432, pain in eyes 432, eyes probing 433, examined my face for a long moment 433, eyebrows rose 433, he frowned 434.