The Allegory of the Diamond
But this is not about pyramids,hexagons, the hardness of diamonds, it is about understanding the Gods.
View ArticleBaptism
As his right arm supports me, I hold his left arm with both hands. Gently he lowers me Back, down, beneath the surface. In the water, undeceived, From the angels’ bonds relieved, I by mercy now...
View ArticleFaith
In the holy of holies The boy from the hearth Has already drunk the juice From her sacred poppies. He is not afraid As he is swung through the fire That can be seen from miles away. When the swing...
View ArticleNihil Humanum
[ I should note that this is from 1997, at the worst of my illness.] Seven red temptations have I felt: Of seductive bitterness at the edge Where I begin to descend into clinging Fog, turning light...
View ArticleThe Word Creates the Thing It Names
Not ex nihilo, out of nothingness, For nothingness does not exist. The word selects what adds up to a name From all the possibilities we might perceive. We see what we name; the name comes first....
View ArticleA Dissertation on the Problem of Free Will
Suppose the Lady made us that we may love Her. Suppose She already loves us as a mother Falls in love with her first-born child, And we are each of us that child. Love is not love unless I give it...
View ArticleAnnouncing: The Road of Excess: Part I, To the Goddess.
The Road of Excess, as the first installment of my autobiography, covers up to 1968. It is now available on Amazon as a paperback and as a Kindle e-book. It’s not easy to describe what’s in it. Isn’t...
View ArticleAs If the Earth Were Hollow
As Professors James and Lewis said, each For a different reason, we humans always Get it all backwards, never understand What are our causes or our effects. That is, I know I am praying if I’m on my...
View ArticleOn the Structure of Infinite Intelligence
As far as I know, Thomas Aquinas was to first to begin thinking about this kind of problem. I suspect that, before him, no one was able to formulate such a question, let alone begin the answer it. He...
View ArticleAll the Prophets Say
All the prophets say we are deluded. We think we understand our selves, our minds, the world that seems to be outside us, but, no, we don’t, and never know we don’t. I can believe with Hopkins That...
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