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 xi
... realms of truth , the everyday and the extraordinary . They are balance wheel to the daily round , whose exaggerated claims would leave us bereft of memory of our duality . Their intrusion into our busy xi projects shocks and awakens us ...
... realms of truth , the everyday and the extraordinary . They are balance wheel to the daily round , whose exaggerated claims would leave us bereft of memory of our duality . Their intrusion into our busy xi projects shocks and awakens us ...
Page xv
... realm , and , in Plato's words , since guides are " between the two estates they weld both sides together and merge them into one great whole . " They traverse the third world , ordinarily unknown to us , to bring back news of foreign ...
... realm , and , in Plato's words , since guides are " between the two estates they weld both sides together and merge them into one great whole . " They traverse the third world , ordinarily unknown to us , to bring back news of foreign ...
Page xvi
David Appelbaum. way between god and man , " belong to the intermediate realm . They " ply between heaven and earth , " cross - fertilizing the two worlds . What spirits in this sense denote has nothing to do with departed souls of the ...
David Appelbaum. way between god and man , " belong to the intermediate realm . They " ply between heaven and earth , " cross - fertilizing the two worlds . What spirits in this sense denote has nothing to do with departed souls of the ...
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... realms for more than a moment . They , like we , require the ground under their heels so as to push off from earth in the direction of heaven . Help would be easily found if the gods in this measure were helpful . They are said to be as ...
... realms for more than a moment . They , like we , require the ground under their heels so as to push off from earth in the direction of heaven . Help would be easily found if the gods in this measure were helpful . They are said to be as ...
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