Posted in God, Hermeticism, Life, Literature, Love, Philosophy, Poetry, Words, tagged approach, one, symbolism, symbols on May 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The air I’m breathing is something else
The ground I’m walking on is something else
The time I’m going through is something else
The love I feel is something else
All of these are forms, all an approach to one
– Niebla ( © 2008 )
Written for Totally Optional Prompts, Symbolic Poetry.
Posted in God, History, Lyrics, Music, Mystery, Poetry, Syncretism, Words, World, tagged Buffy Sainte-Marie, communication, God, space travel, telephone, wireless, wonder on May 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m going to let Buffy Sainte-Marie speak on the topic of telephone – because this song is what came to my mind first when I read Sunday Scribblings‘ invitation …
Moonshot
Off into outer space you go my friends
we wish you bon voyage
and when you get there we will welcome you again
and still you’ll wonder at it [...]
Posted in Art, God, History, Jesus, Mystery, Mysticism, Religion, World, tagged Christ, da Vinci, Dan Brown, doors, last supper, Leonardo, Mary Magdalene on May 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Not the da Vinci original but a copy from the protestant church in Haigerloch, southern Germany. The person to the left of Christ is clearly a woman. This painting is older than Dan Brown’s The da Vinci code but would lend itself very well to Brown’s interpretation.
And the door in the back, where does it [...]
Posted in God, Hermeticism, Language, Life, Mystery, Poetry, Words, tagged eight, eternity, globe, round on March 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Circle
Round
Globe
Eight
Double circle
Eternal
“Hath no beginning,
no end”
– Niebla ( © during a cycle on a globe in 2008 )
Inspired by One Single Impression’s topic Circle.
Posted in God, Lyrics, Music, Mysticism, Poetry, Sufism on March 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The lyrics of one of Richard Thompson’s greatest songs have a mystic or sufi ring:
Beat the Retreat
I’m beating my retreat
Back home to you
I’m beating my retreat
Back home to you
I’m burning all my bridges
I’m burning all my bridges
I’m burning all my bridges
I’m running back home to you
I’m trailing my colours
Back home to you
I’m trailing my [...]
Posted in God, Kabir, Life, Literature, Mysticism, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion, Syncretism, tagged intolerance, Kabir, mystic, Mysticism, Rabindranath Tagore, songs, tolerance on March 8, 2007 | No Comments »
I do not know what manner of God is mine.
The Mullah cries aloud to Him: and why? Is your Lord deaf?
The subtle anklets that ring on the feet of an insect when it moves are heard of Him.
Tell your beads, paint your forehead with the mark of your God, and wear matted locks
long and showy: [...]
Posted in God, Hermeticism, Life, Literature, Mystery, Poetry, Words on March 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Nah ist
Und schwer zu fassen der Gott.
Wo aber Gefahr ist, wächst
Das Rettende auch.
– Friedrich Hölderlin (beginning of Patmos)
God is
Near and hard to grasp.
But where there is danger
Rescue will rise.
(translated by Johannes Beilharz)
