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I think of this book as a cross between a personal testimony and a study aid. Everything I put forward, whether historically or experimentally, has been hammered out on the…
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This not very ambitious little essay was initially written in German under the title: 'Das Messianische Wesen' and then translated into English by the author. It is written for those…
Successive passages in the gospel of Mark gave rise to these sonnets. The shape, not the form of the sonnet is what counts for me. Sometimes I use language traditionally…
In order to be able to escape from the modern conditioning, which would have us assume that modernity or some development of it is feasible as a final state of…
Simple, carefully written and fingered Piano pieces, no key signature. Grade 3 upwards. Sheet music for piano.
This is the first set of verses I wrote on a few walks in the countryside, mostly near Scrabo Hill and just west of Newtownards, Northern Ireland. It was an…
Under the heading 'Poems of Seniority' I present four collections of poems in four booklets, I - IV, all of which were written during a period of a few months…
The first of these essays points out to us what happens when we go too far astray in the direction of the convenient status quo and how bouts of hysteria…
'Divinations' I call these poems that limit excessive experience in the interest of embodied knowledge. Where no embodied knowledge exists such a limitation is of course pointless or inappropriate. If…
It might be of interest to the reader that the poems under the main title: a Young Nation were written during the time when the author was reading the book…
A time comes, when the will is free not merely in that it offers us occasion for unlimited exercise, nor in representing freedom of choice in the awareness of a…
Pain. The treatment of a spiritual theme in verse.
These verses were written when my wife took our young son with her to Canada to introduce him to his grandparents. I stayed behind and took care of our six-year-old…
The Dancer's Power The dancer's power, When all else fails except the earth; The blood of the eagle in flight Pulsing in hot arteries; Air circulating, clouds ringing And nothing…
A look: It thrills to look a person in the eye. For a moment the heat is on. The body is flooded. You and I are together as if we…
An explorative and inventive narrative that tests the fabric of modern relationship and then rises into a studied depiction of contemporary community.
Both of these items commence with a point and an argument and then illustrate what is meant in terms of narrative. When I hear of the survival of the fittest…
All beings embody, in their own manner and way, modes of our own, human being and we do well to empower as many of these affinities as possible. What we…
3 But where shall the blackbird nest, where The lark rise into fragrant space and Where the sedate flight of the heron Register upon receptive souls, souls Neither brittle nor…
A collection of five titles: Holiday in Italy, Obedience, New Poems 2018, When All fails, Fragment. 2 Seated on the wall beside the gate I think of the time when…
A bit of a romp Some tongue in cheek, A mix of fun and earnest.
The poems mark successive stages in a growth cycle. They lose nothing due to their being abstracted from their setting. 21 Always where lightning connects brawn with brain and the…
21 At times life is so vicious in me, pretty and given, murderous villain, I call on god to stay my hand. I would take full responsibility. An oppressive saturation…
Mostly conversational verse. No point in looking for ideas. The emphasis is on clarity of speech at the service of shaped emotion and distinct imagination. 21 If you think you…
I call these 'late verses' for two reasons. They were written late in life, at the age of eighty-one and also late in the day, as a closure to the…
There is a literature that thrives on faith. What it substitutes for make-believe is an invitation in the direction of true faith. Even imagination, throughout, is in the service of…
The cloudy sky, the material earth, the endless universe - these, for me, are the elemental symbols. Verses that are based on these, or rather composed with an affinity to…
Volumes 2 and 3 of 4 (Book 2 of 3) Two creative young people pool their resources, concentrate on their spiritual development and exercise a remarkable influence on those around…
Volume 4 of 4 (Book 3 of 3) Two creative young people pool their resources, concentrate on their spiritual development and exercise a remarkable influence on those around them.
A thoroughgoing analysis of a deep-seated error of judgement plus detailed suggestions of how to avoid its consequences. Includes: the possession of our human nature, the enjoyment of total peace…
At the end of the modern world a great variety of adjustments are necessary and they take time. Contemporary life has to be learned, piecemeal, in the company of the…
A book wherein the author has much to say about the historic development of himself and the evolution of his thought. Call it an 'autography', inasmuch as he divides himself…
This essay is number IV of a set of four essays depicting facets of contemporary poetry, the other three being: I Poetry and Beauty, II Poetry and Poems and III…
A story of adolescent growth through the horror of experience and the pain of desertion healed eventually due to a mature approach to life.
Thirty-four sonnets, mostly rhymed, serially connected. This booklet is most suitable as a gift.
This is a comprehensive work, setting forth in detail how creative education can operate. Described and observed in practice are the skills of the educator of both children and adults…
These poems are gathered from three different groups that were written at different times during a one year period from July 2017 - December 2018. Those towards the end are…
This is a fairly serious play along classical lines, based not on ideas but on creative thought. The title refers to the significant difference between modern and contemporary life and…
These four short plays, written in succession, make a bit of a point of documenting our human evolution out of modernity into the contemporary realm of communal reality. They would…
Out of a consideration of what is defined as a sexual mood, arise several other topics, developmentally, that are intended to add to our understanding of sex, gender, morality and…
Rather than writing about poetry and poems, I make amends and pit myself against some time-honoured prejudices, especially in myself, as I show what can be achieved both poetically and…
These poems were written between May and November 2018, during a time of breakthrough into a new stage of life. They represent a minor growth cycle.
In this book we learn about chastity and discipline, about the difference between soul and psyche in relation to magic and sorcery and their effect, along with the mass media…
These short essays will be appreciated by those who like to contemplate some of the finer points of the practical human spirit's achievements. As mature human beings we are able…
By church doctrine I mean a teaching that helps us realize ourselves as fulfilled human beings in community with one another and with the god who is merciful love. No…
An essay in the form of a symposium. Informal discussion of education mostly as chosen rather than as imposed, such as by the State. Education also viewed as not necessarily…
Volume 2 and 3 of 4 (Book 2 of 3) Two creative young people pool their resources, concentrate on their spiritual development and exercise a remarkable influence on those around…
