A Foolish Obsession (cont. (again))
“The Roman Catholic Church was an alien institution lying heavily across the soil and the soul of Western European men …
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On The Pedestalizing Of Books
“Privation and suffering alone can open the mind of a man to all that is hidden to others.”—Words of the …
Beware The Men Of Action
“Clearly, mythology is no toy for children. Nor is it a matter of archaic, merely scholarly concern, of no moment …
The Journey
“All participate in the ceremonial according to rank and function. The whole society becomes visible to itself as an imperishable …
Evolution…Of Gods And Men
“For, as in the visible world of the vegetable and animal kingdoms, so also in the visionary world of the …
The Carnival Dream
An eminently Omphalos-like title for a post. Carnival, the sometimes riotous pre-Lenten celebrations in The Roman Catholic world, culminating in …
We Are The Mall
“The marvelous industrial implement which it [science] has created in our epoch is not capable of spiritually augmenting man, like …
When Language Fails
“Al-Am doe lil-la.” “Alhambrode….?” Slower this time. “Al…Am…doe…lil…la.” “Al-Am doe lil-la.” “Yes,” the man says, “it means: ‘all good things …
Life!
“This kind of coordination between constituent cells in a colony was taken a stage further, probably between 800 to 1000 …
We Blossom Out From Within
Prologue. I’ve aimed high in this post. Too high. No matter, in aiming for the stars maybe I’ll clear the …
Omphalos Cafe 