The Book

~ I had many books but one book only ~ Would lead direct to him ~ And that book I never opened ~ Till it was shown to me ~ And then I read unwilling scorned its philosophy ~ So why then did that book ~ Take such a hold of me? ~

Leaving Scepticism

. They said that all things seemed they said I dreamed . Which angered me when all about me I could see . The places and the people sublime and beautiful . Which must be real or what else did I feel? . The world with all its light and energy spoke meaning to my …

7th April – Tribute to Wordsworth

7th April is the date of the birth of William Wordsworth, in 1770.  This year, 2020, marks the 150th anniversary of his birth.   . Often when the dreadful weight of this Unintelligible and weary world Oppressed me like a care, I turned thankful To your poetry - I felt it move Along my veins, inside …

Spiritual Reflection: The Different Knowings of the Soul Beyond Logic

 I have been liberated in the last few years.  Liberated from the limitations of reducing knowledge to logic. I think I started on “logic obsession” as a means of seeking to get some control over life.  If life can be reduced to logical structures, then it might seem safer. But only “seem”. We know through …

Spiritual Reflection: There Is Reason

  It is fascinating that we have the ability to reason.  If you reflect on this, it creates many questions... Up to the age of nineteen I would have described myself as “agnostic”, and I used to get lost in chains of thought about where I came from, chickens and eggs, dinosaurs, and, of course, …

Spiritual Reflection: What is Spirituality?

  There is ethics, there is philosophy, there is psychology, there is religion...and then there is spirituality! What is spirituality, then? To start with, I wouldn’t want to be too specific about spirituality.  I think that would be a mistake. Perhaps one way of thinking about spirituality is as a series of overlapping circles, but …