“…there is for every man some one scene, some one adventure, some one picture that is the image of his secret life, for wisdom first speaks in images, and … this one image, if he would but brood over it his life long, would lead his soul, disentangled from unmeaning circumstance and the ebb and flow of the world, into that far household where the undying gods await all whose souls have become simple as flame, whose bodies have become quiet as an agate lamp.”
W.B. Yeats, “The Philosophy of Shelley’s Poetry”
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Love it!
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Great. 🙂
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Very powerful. (=
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Yes, isn’t it? I came across it today and it was as if someone had lit that lamp.
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So beautiful, so true! Simple as a flame, love it!
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Yes, let’s dedicate it to today’s eclipse Moon in Aries.
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Feelin’ it Monika! There was a beautiful harvest moon traveling with me on my drive through the country to work this morning. Cats were manic and so am I. 🙂
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I think this one is the Hunter’s Moon. My cats are unaffected. 🙂
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Maybe they’re not hunter’s 🙂
Seriously, the one most affected is 1 1/2 yr. old orange tabby male and is a very good hunter.
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Simply wonderful!!
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Yes, simple and wonderful! 🙂
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Love Yeats! Thanks for the quote.
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Love him, too (a fellow Gemini).
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Awesome quote…so awesome I had to tweet it..:D
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That sounds good. I am not so familiar with tweeter.
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Thank you for this quote – I had forgotten it completely. it is a wonderful idea.
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You’re always welcome.
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No one lays it down like Yeats. “The … one adventure that is the image of his secret life…” We’ve all had such divine visitations from the undying gods-may we remember and honor them to the end.
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Hi, I’m glad you are back from your odyssey. Yes, Yeats said it all, really, and so beautifully.
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And your cartography post was excellent.
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Thank you, that means a lot.
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I wrote a post inspired by Secret Life and mentioned you with a link to your fine blog. If I could only figure the blasted ping-back thing.
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