Poetic Gold….
“The poet is the intense centre of the life of his age to which he stands in a relation than …
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Yoga and Atonement…
“Perform your duty with equipoise, oh Arjuna, abandoning all attachment to success or failure. Such equanimity is called Yoga.”—Bhagavad Gita. …
Why Joseph Campbell?
Ok, on numerous occasions I’ve insisted that Joseph Campbell’s four volume series, The Masks Of God, is the most …
The Decline Of Culture/Character….
Thanks for an excellent question, Jon. Why today’s paucity of genuine ‘literature?’ And it’s one I’ve attempted to tackle in …
The Pyramidal Bookshelf Of Life!
What if you burned for knowledge, I mean truly craved growth and learning, hungered to get your head and …
Rebalancing….
“Turning our eyes briefly, now, to the West, where a theology derived largely from the Levant [Christianity] has been grafted …
The Choice….
I take breaks from this blog and go on long walks in twittering bird and critter scampering forested hills, …
A Blessedly Quiet Place….
From the very beginning the Omphalos Cafe was conceived as a quiet place, a place away from the tumult …
End Of The Rationalistic Road….
“The satori plane can never be reached by the rationalistic plane, however ingeniously it may be handled.”— D.T. Suzuki, …
A Final Word (Maybe) From The Doors Of Perception….
I’ll share one more extended quote from Aldous Huxley’s The Doors Of Perception before putting it back on the …
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