Journey into The Red Book: Liber Primus
Tags/ Posted by Julie AndrijeskiAs I sat in the Coffee Club today, who should I see but Ernest Hemingway.continue reading this poem
Based on my own reflections, “Liber Primus,” and really The Red Book as a whole, is the deconstruction of a mind. The beginnings of this process for Jung, and all of its requisite fear, ranting and expounding, both for and against the project, are documented in detail in “Liber Primus”.
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Tags/ Posted by Mark KerstetterKeys rattle on the way down to join the coffee grounds, guts and trash for the haruspex.continue reading this poem
How the Murder of a Poet Has Become a Hero in Hungary
Tags/ Posted by Lethe Bashari entered the sanctuary of your still life, driven by the mind i left twitching in the gutter.continue reading this poem
Budapest commander of the death-squad personally responsible for the murder of Miklós Radnóti–perhaps the greatest poet of the Holocaust well known in English translation–escaped retribution for the deed. His remains rest in official burial grounds reserved for the heroes of the Hungarian republic.
The Importance of Living by Lin Yutang
Tags/ Posted by Gretta BarclayVan Helsing unfastened the coffin lid, peeled the crucifix from the bone-white brow.continue reading this poem
If you believe Lin Yutang, author of The Importance of Living, man is a curious wayward dreamer who is furiously pursuing all the wrong things. Yutang has a very specific philosophy for living life which will bring genuine contentment, and he begins with the idea of detachment, which is similar to Buddhist philosophy.
