Tag Archives: freedom

His Dark Materials

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Symbol Reader

Philip Pullman finished his trilogy of fantasy novels His Dark Materials in 2000. But I feel his epic has a lot to say about the symbolic portents of our times and the near future. I tremendously enjoyed the HBO/BBC adaptation … Continue reading →

Posted in His Dark Materials | Tagged Age of Aquarius, air, alchemy, alethiometer, archetypes, C.G. Jung, consciousness, creativity, daemon, daimon, Dust, freedom, Gnosticism, His Dark Materials, Milton, orthodoxy, Paradise Lost, Philip Pullman, psyche, religion, Soul, symbolism, symbolreader, symbols | 10 Comments

Krishnamurti on Strength

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Symbol Reader

“Everyone in the world is concerned with the search for that Truth which will satisfy him eternally, but in that search each one contends against another; and hence there is confusion, struggle and pain. They lack the certainty of purpose … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotations | Tagged doubt, freedom, Krishnamurti, strength, truth | 15 Comments

I Feel, Therefore I Can Be Free: Tribute to Audre Lorde

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Symbol Reader

I.“A self-described ‘black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,’ Audre Lorde dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing the injustices of racism, sexism, and homophobia.” Via http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/audre-lorde II.“For each of us as women, there is a dark … Continue reading →