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 ix
... Things . He will stand astonished " ( Duino Elegies ) . Conversely , through Things am I related to a world of which fairy tale and angel speak . My home is where I house the Things of my life . An implicit relation with them in ...
... Things . He will stand astonished " ( Duino Elegies ) . Conversely , through Things am I related to a world of which fairy tale and angel speak . My home is where I house the Things of my life . An implicit relation with them in ...
Page x
... thing has to tell is consummated by its story showing forth . What astonishes me is how the story is no other than the thing itself . My telling of things has a home , and the home is this book . With each new telling ( and retelling ) ...
... thing has to tell is consummated by its story showing forth . What astonishes me is how the story is no other than the thing itself . My telling of things has a home , and the home is this book . With each new telling ( and retelling ) ...
Page xii
... things are made objects , products , commodities , property , and possessions . In this Pro- tagorean universe , being human is the measure of everything , and all is too , too human . A momentary opening to another reality - such as my ...
... things are made objects , products , commodities , property , and possessions . In this Pro- tagorean universe , being human is the measure of everything , and all is too , too human . A momentary opening to another reality - such as my ...
Page xiv
... things : that the experience is unreal , like a fantasy , or that it is real , like a tree . The first is the pessimist who sees death in all events , the second the optimist who hopes the goose escapes . To confuse the purpose of a ...
... things : that the experience is unreal , like a fantasy , or that it is real , like a tree . The first is the pessimist who sees death in all events , the second the optimist who hopes the goose escapes . To confuse the purpose of a ...
Page xv
... things . The idea of a guidebook exposes a treachery in the language . About the guide , there is little agreement other than that the element belongs to experience . One removes it to express thought only like the thoughtful fisher ...
... things . The idea of a guidebook exposes a treachery in the language . About the guide , there is little agreement other than that the element belongs to experience . One removes it to express thought only like the thoughtful fisher ...
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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