The Fork In The Road
“What distinguishes the men I have in mind is that they did not impose their authority on man; on the …
Category Archives: The Hero
The Labyrinth Of Learning
“Few ever get to the heart of the labyrinth. Most of us crawl about the entrance, or else venture timidly …
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 …
It’s Bloomsday…For The Masses, Dedalusday For The Few
“Will you be as gods? Gaze in your omphalos.”—Stephen Dedalus, A.K.A. James Joyce, Ulysses “It’s Bloomsday…for the masses; Dedalusday for …
Facts? What Facts?….Or, Women, Would You Find Love? Listen Up!
“To get beneath the facts I would have had to be an artist, and one doesn’t become an artist overnight. …
Failure Of Nerve?
“Professor Gilbert Murray has termed the centuries between the flowering of classical Athens and the growth of the radically different …
Playing My Magic Flute
*** Sitting here at the kitchen table, cast propped on a chair and tea at my elbow, pondering the interconnectedness …
How Are We To Know?
“The trick is,” Xenon was saying, “to find the right books to read.” This was a long time ago. Xenon, …
For Madmen Only!
I’ve slackened the pace of posting these days. Taking a step back. Changing the rhythm. No crisis here at home, …
The Humble Shall Inherit The Earth
“I exist as I am, that is enough, if no other in the world be aware I sit content, And …
Omphalos Cafe 