Without mystics and their material, we seek sublimity in the superficial. Religion formerly fed this need. Ever since Nietzsche, however, God has lost speed (and influence) with many. These are strangers to transcendence, and indifferent to mystics and their service. Thus, what parades perverts ...
I don’t really understand poetry, no
Unless there’s entirety, circularity, and illumination
An off beat
Unless I can hear the voice,
Unless there’s some sweetness to which I can attribute a human spirit
Unless there’s cradled attention, consistent and voluntary
unless I can feel the softness
The ones that you don't like that are of the same sex? Your shadow. Opposite sex, whether you like or dislike? Your anima or animus -- inner feminine or masculine. Dream work is about making the unconscious conscious. So is Yoga, meditation, writing practice, inquiry, and lots of other stuff. ...