Category Archives: Quotations

Like a Night Bird

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Utagawa Hiroshige, “Small Horned Owl on a Maple Branch under Full Moon” “The human heart is like a night bird. Silently waiting for something, and when the time comes, it flies straight toward it.” Hatuki Murakami, “Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His … Continue reading →

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Above and Below

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Full Moon in Venice, via https://www.behance.net/gallery/Full-Moon-in-Venice/11204365 “Andria was built so artfully that its every street follows a planet’s orbit, and the buildings and the places of community life repeat the order of the constellations and the position of the most luminous … Continue reading →

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What Is Real

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Symbol Reader

“As I recalled Bhagavan saying sometimes that unreal (mithya, imaginary) and real (satyam) mean the same, but did not quite understand, I asked him about it. He said, ‘Yes, I do sometimes say that. What do you mean by real? … Continue reading →

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Okeanos

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Symbol Reader

“Okeanos is situated at the outermost limits of the world, which is encircled by its stream. The circular stream of the Okeanos flows eternally around the world and eternally recycles the infinite supply of fresh water that feeds upon itself … Continue reading →

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Swann’s Dream

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Symbol Reader

“Sometimes, too, just as Eve was created from a rib of Adam, so a woman would come into existence while I was sleeping, conceived from some strain in the position of my limbs. Formed by the appetite that I was … Continue reading →

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Bird Goddess

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Symbol Reader

“A girl stood before him in midstream, alone and still, gazing out to sea. She seemed like one whom magic had changed into the likeness of a strange and beautiful seabird. Her long slender bare legs were delicate as a … Continue reading →

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Uncovering Inner Knowledge

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Symbol Reader

1.“Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object.” Plotinus, The Fifth Ennead; Fifth Tractate: Section 12 http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/plotenn/enn464.htm 2. “There is a sacred science, and for thousands of years inquisitive people have sought in vain to penetrate its secrets. It is … Continue reading →

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Wounded

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Symbol Reader

“I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.” Fernando Pessoa

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The Ever-Fruitful Womb of Darkness

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Symbol Reader

1.“As the Great Creatrix, the feminine is a vessel and passage for an alien, masculine Other that condescends towards her, enters into her, and favors her with the seed of living. Life originates in her and issues from her, and … Continue reading →

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The Tectonic Power of the Soul

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Symbol Reader

image credit 1. “Life happens when the tectonic power of your speechless soul breaks through the dead habits of the mind.” John Patrick Shanley, Doubt 2. “The shadow of the light is not darkness, but illumination.” Clement of Alexandria These … Continue reading →

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