“Literature Is Finished”… and The Middle Way
“The way of ‘self-expression’, individual acknowledgements, results in egotists, sure of the right to their private interpretations of God and …
Category Archives: History
Why?
“God!” she exclaimed, “why are men such homicidal mass killing maniacs?” “Why?” the man echoed. “Yes, why…?” she repeated, nearly …
A Western (Zen) Oneness
At the heart of the Omphalos Cafe is a Western approach to a oneness which, for want of a better …
Bloomsday Is An Intellectual Game… Dedalusday A Spiritual Journey
“Bloomsday is an intellectual game… Dedalusday is a spiritual journey.”—Xenon “When Zen gives utterance to itself, it goes against the …
“I Am Essentially A Religious Person…”
“It goes without saying that I am essentially a religious person, and always have been.”—Henry Miller, The World Of Sex …
Humankind… The Tool Maker
“My guess is it probably started somewhere between twenty-five and seventy-five thousand years ago, when Homo Neanderthal was gradually being …
Back To Basics (Life)
“I adjure you by the living God Almighty and by your duty to our Order and by the love you …
A Poets Line
No, not what passes for poetry these days. Satire, lamentation, misty longing, erotic yearning, or even fleeting exuberance, verbose and …
An Indictment Of Modern Education
I knew the day would come when I would have to include these quotes in the Omphalos Cafe record. …
Playing With The Dance Of Life
We humans are a muddle headed, tragi-joyous melange, ever seemingly lost and only now and then touching the divine, that …
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