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If the Germans Could Laugh Like the Irish

Posted on March 17, 2014 by John

If the Germans could laugh like the Irish, reckless, deep in drunken ambrosial seas, walking wandering paths, their cracked looking-glasses on open hearths (these are the holy fools) If the Irish could laugh like the Germans, deep and still like … Continue reading →

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Ehwaz

Posted on December 10, 2007 by John

Today’s rune: the eight-legged horse that Odin rode to battefields; where god and rider seemed as one great being, neither man nor beast. My own steed? More of Boxer’s ilk, George Orwell’s noble working brute who would attempt to cure … Continue reading →

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New myths are required

Posted on June 9, 2005 by John

There’s just so much that you can take as karmic payment for mistakes before you start to wonder and imagine that you understand the link from cause to each effect: that every action or neglect results in a changed universe … Continue reading →

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The Hero’s Face

Posted on August 15, 2003 by John

Old myths teach us to see great gods each equipped with a thousand arms and eyes facing all ways, seeing all directions at once. Each hero has my face, and yours too; what we find good in ourselves is there … Continue reading →

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Ravens and writing desks

Posted on February 12, 2003 by John

Why IS a raven like a writing desk? Mythologically, the raven represents a messenger, not a gatekeeper like the blackbird. He is a courier, carrying secret letters of transit enabling passage beyond the borders of this brightly lit world into … Continue reading →

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