Everyday SpiritsState University of New York Press, 1993 M07 1 - 195 pages Transformation of being begins exactly where one is. This is, for most of us, at home. We are acted upon by objects familiar to us, influenced in unfelt ways, and moved toward a destiny proper to a responsible being. Dwelling is complemented by journeying. To live in a home is to journey on the path that leads through the home to a world beyond. A householder becomes a traveler. A traveler is a seeker after new impressions, fresh impressions of a reality that beckons. Opening to the commonplace—what stands in front of us on the daily round—we are open to the call to respond to our role as mediator between heaven and earth. Everyday Spirits is a book about self-perception. |
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Page xiii
... action consists of breaking down a refusal to intermingle while respecting the distinct- ness of partners . What occurs is no fusing or coupling , but rather a sus- pension of the will to remain apart . Emulsifiers are great coaxers ...
... action consists of breaking down a refusal to intermingle while respecting the distinct- ness of partners . What occurs is no fusing or coupling , but rather a sus- pension of the will to remain apart . Emulsifiers are great coaxers ...
Page xiv
... action is manifested as a gap or schism in the ordinary . One can speak of their presence best through a trace they leave — the dissolution of perplexity . My friend's experience is a case in point . The meeting with Jack Frost took ...
... action is manifested as a gap or schism in the ordinary . One can speak of their presence best through a trace they leave — the dissolution of perplexity . My friend's experience is a case in point . The meeting with Jack Frost took ...
Page xv
... action upon us must prompt a reciprocal action upon the realm above ours . Plato's image of their " flying upward with our worship and our prayers " conveys the need of the higher for the denser , darker , and more gravid part of us ...
... action upon us must prompt a reciprocal action upon the realm above ours . Plato's image of their " flying upward with our worship and our prayers " conveys the need of the higher for the denser , darker , and more gravid part of us ...
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... action , how fragile our designs are . " Lord , make me to know mine end and the measure of my days , what it is ; that I may know how frail I am " ( Psalm 39.4 ) . Thus sings David to the sleepless Saul . Do we hear a psalm as a ...
... action , how fragile our designs are . " Lord , make me to know mine end and the measure of my days , what it is ; that I may know how frail I am " ( Psalm 39.4 ) . Thus sings David to the sleepless Saul . Do we hear a psalm as a ...
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