Tag Archives: The Interior Castle

My Octopus Teacher: the Soul and Her Beloved

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Symbol Reader

I. “It is not necessary that you go out of your house. Remain by your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be completely still and alone. The world will offer itself to you … Continue reading →

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The Private Self

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Symbol Reader

William Turner, “Choir of Salisbury Cathedral” “Bene vixit, bene qui latuit.” (To live well is to live concealed) Ovid An article on Virginia Woolf’s idea of privacy written by Joshua Rothman has caught my attention recently. The author quotes from … Continue reading →