My dream is to be in England in December to celebrate the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge. But I’ve begun to think, maybe the old Druid homeland on the old Isle of Anglesey is a better choice as it once held an ancient grove of trees from which the druids and witches communed with the Earth […]
I was Darkly Dreaming
The Naïf in Literature
The world today needs the Naïf more than ever. For thousands of years Western Culture taught us about an aspect of ourselves that could transcend the “failed myths” that no longer served them in the culture. This was done through the Naïf – the naive yet seemingly delusional reality of a simple sort of hero […]
That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do
“That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do” (or The Door), 1931 – oil painting by Ivan Albright, American, 1897-1983. This is a strange little painting by an America-Russian painter from the early 20th century – Ivan Albright. This was one of my grandfather’s favorite paintings. He was a deeply philosophical and spiritual […]
