Again Hesse’s ‘The Poet’….
“Therefore, I beg you to let me go my own way in loneliness for a while and devote myself to …
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Words Of A Genuine Shaman-Type….
I don’t usually quote at such length, but I’ve been returning to the following passage again and again since first …
Old Men And Women….
“Could by any chance culture be the meaning and purpose of the second half of life?”—Carl Jung, as quoted from …
The Plight Of The Struggling Artist….
This is from a response I wrote yesterday, with adaptations, to a comment I received from—with apologies Mame—a compassionate soul …
‘Like A Magnetic Field… ‘
“Actually,…there is a formative force spontaneously working, like a magnetic field, to precipitate and organize the ethnic [local, historical] …
KISPOTCA….
This is an experiment. Up to now whenever I’ve tried to post from my iPad it hasn’t gone well. Either …
What Comes After The Last Wave…?
“A thousand years before Christ northern invaders had entered Italy, subdued and mingled with its inhabitants, borrowed civilization from …
The Ever Ongoing Flow Of Life….
“Cityful passing away, other cityful coming, passing away too: other coming along, passing on.”—James Joyce, Ulysses If you’ve …
The Journey IS The Destination….
“Never mind studying contemporaries and those who strive with you; study the great men of the past, whose works …
The Impending Rebirth Of Symbols….
“Symbols hold the mind to truth but are not themselves truth, hence it is delusory to borrow them. Each …
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