From out of the void From out of nothing did all creatures come And Time and Chance provide their present forms ; And all the things, both live and not, that home Themselves in human mind, have fated norms. So speak the seers from lofty chairs, new-found, In places long renowned for more than schemes [...]
Archive for September, 2011
From out of the void
Posted in poetry, tagged chance, creation, nothingness, void on September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Investment
Posted in poetry, Psychology, tagged beauty, creation, light, transformation on September 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder ; as if it were a personal possession, unrelated to the beautiful thing itself. But is there more to it than that?
In search of the Light
Posted in History, poetry, religion, tagged England, Life, light, rock, Stonehenge on September 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Places like Stonehenge give us the signs of the beginnings of enlightenment.
Bright the World
Posted in Literature, tagged insight, light, mind on September 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Bright the World You asked me where the light, that springs anew Each lovely morning of the world, is born. But ready answer had I none to view ; My mind so misted, thoughtless and forlorn That I was sightless to the inner ‘scape Where sense and reason meet to make a blend Of that [...]
The way the world is
Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, Science on September 8, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Are we just passive observers of the world and ourselves? Or is there more to us and the world than we generally think?
The evolution that matters
Posted in History, Psychology, tagged consciousness, Evolution, fantasy, History, human nature, imagination, memory, spiritual, time on September 1, 2011 | 9 Comments »
History and the evolution of human consciousness.