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 vii
... Lullaby 3 2 . The Blink 13 3. The Gift 19 4 . Grip 25 5. Vows 31 6 . 7 . Jack Frost Daffodils 37 43 8 . Houseguests 51 9 . Keys 57 10 . The Kitchen Fire 63 11 . The Wash 69 12 . Money 75 13. Craft 83 14 . New Year's Eve / The Feast 91 ...
... Lullaby 3 2 . The Blink 13 3. The Gift 19 4 . Grip 25 5. Vows 31 6 . 7 . Jack Frost Daffodils 37 43 8 . Houseguests 51 9 . Keys 57 10 . The Kitchen Fire 63 11 . The Wash 69 12 . Money 75 13. Craft 83 14 . New Year's Eve / The Feast 91 ...
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... spark , and henceforth can nourish itself " ( Plato , Seventh Letter ) . In that mag- nificent moment , the clan of everyday spirits is ringed round in wel- come . PART ONE SINDBAD 1 LULLABY there any person who cannot INTRODUCTION xvii.
... spark , and henceforth can nourish itself " ( Plato , Seventh Letter ) . In that mag- nificent moment , the clan of everyday spirits is ringed round in wel- come . PART ONE SINDBAD 1 LULLABY there any person who cannot INTRODUCTION xvii.
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David Appelbaum. PART ONE SINDBAD 1 LULLABY there any person who cannot be counted a PART ONE SINDBAD.
David Appelbaum. PART ONE SINDBAD 1 LULLABY there any person who cannot be counted a PART ONE SINDBAD.
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... also know the con- stricted chest of fear , poverty , and adversity . The gods are not exem- plars of the human condition but an artist's rendering of how to elim- inate its limiting strictures . The spirits who could help 3 Lullaby.
... also know the con- stricted chest of fear , poverty , and adversity . The gods are not exem- plars of the human condition but an artist's rendering of how to elim- inate its limiting strictures . The spirits who could help 3 Lullaby.
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... lullaby , a night of undisturbed sleep : Lay you down now and rest May your slumbers be blest . The blessing of true sleep is the infant's . To sleep like a babe is to find sleep as it was intended to be , complete abandon . Near to the ...
... lullaby , a night of undisturbed sleep : Lay you down now and rest May your slumbers be blest . The blessing of true sleep is the infant's . To sleep like a babe is to find sleep as it was intended to be , complete abandon . Near to the ...
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action Alcibiades angels Aristotle become blink body bowl breath brings child craft creature dark death Descartes desert desire dream dwelling empty Eumaeus everyday spirits existence eyes fear feel fire forget frontier guard Frost Gawain gives gods grip ground grows guest heart Heraclitus Hermes hidden hiding holds householder householder's human hunter immiscible immortal infant Jack Frost keep knot knowledge knows ladder Lao Tzu laugh laughter leaves light listen lives look lullaby magical Mahakasyapa Maimed King matter means measure memory mind move nature ness never Odysseus one's oneself ourselves philosopher Plato play reality realm reason reticence reveals river rope secret seek shadow Siddhartha sleep Socrates solitude speak stick suffering T. S. Eliot takes tells things thought tion toast true lover's knot truth vision walk wander wash watch wild geese wind wine