When Fire and Rose are One – May 1, 2020
We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.Through the unknown, remembered gateWhen the last of earth left to discoverIs that which was the beginning;At the source of the longest riverThe voice of the hidden waterfallAnd the children in […]
Which Fire? – Apr. 30, 2020
The dove descending breaks the airWith flame of incandescent terrorOf which the tongues declareThe one discharge from sin and error.The only hope, or else despair Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre- To be redeemed from fire by fire. Who then devised the torment? Love.Love is the unfamiliar NameBehind the hands that woveThe intolerable […]
Back Into Herself – Nov. 14, 2019
A billion times God has turned man Into Himself You stand in line for the Highest gift For his generosity cannot end. But best to bring an instrument along While waiting in the cold desert And make some dulcet sounds To accompany the palms’ swaying arms That are casting silhouettes Against the sky’s curtain From […]
Divine Wisdom – Aug. 21, 2019
I, the fiery life of divine wisdom,I ignite the beauty of the plains.I sparkle the waters.I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars.With wisdom I order ALL rightly.Above ALL I determine truth. –Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
