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Professor of Philosophy & History of Religions, Seeker, Friend, Helper, Poet, Mystic Heuristic, Ancient to the Future
"Out of abundance, He took abundance, and still abundance remained."
--- Upanishads
"Out of abundance, He took abundance, and still abundance remained."
--- Upanishads
Sleeve of Night, Edmund Dulac (1909)
December 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Sleeve of Night, Edmund Dulac (1909)
"Dharma Moon" - H. Kopp-Delaney (2025)
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
"Dharma Moon" - H. Kopp-Delaney (2025)
“Persephone” - Patricia Ariel, 2009
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“Persephone” - Patricia Ariel, 2009
In memory of Arthur Rimbaud, October 20, 1854 - November 10, 1891
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
In memory of Arthur Rimbaud, October 20, 1854 - November 10, 1891
"God does not speak by words, but by wounds..."
- Alan Watts
- Alan Watts
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"God does not speak by words, but by wounds..."
- Alan Watts
- Alan Watts
Jack DeJohnette (August 9, 1942 - October 26, 2025)
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Jack DeJohnette (August 9, 1942 - October 26, 2025)
Raja Ravi Varma, Goddess Lakshmi (1896)
October 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Raja Ravi Varma, Goddess Lakshmi (1896)
Arthur Rimbaud, born in Charleville, France, October 20, 1854.
October 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Arthur Rimbaud, born in Charleville, France, October 20, 1854.
Gordon Parks, Miles Davis, New York, 1981
October 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Gordon Parks, Miles Davis, New York, 1981
“Psyche” (1903) - John William Waterhouse
October 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
“Psyche” (1903) - John William Waterhouse
The Sirens, John Longstaff (1882)
September 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The Sirens, John Longstaff (1882)
“After the Storm," Ivan Aivazovsky (1854)
September 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
“After the Storm," Ivan Aivazovsky (1854)
“A good bassist determines the direction of any band.”
— Ron Carter
— Ron Carter
September 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“A good bassist determines the direction of any band.”
— Ron Carter
— Ron Carter
"Egotism is but the perversion of spiritual being. Ambition is the inversion of spiritual power. Passion is the distortion of love. The mortal is the limitation of the immortal. When these false images give place to true, then the spiritual man stands forth luminous, as the sun..."
- Patanjali
- Patanjali
September 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"Egotism is but the perversion of spiritual being. Ambition is the inversion of spiritual power. Passion is the distortion of love. The mortal is the limitation of the immortal. When these false images give place to true, then the spiritual man stands forth luminous, as the sun..."
- Patanjali
- Patanjali
“Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.”
— Art Blakey
— Art Blakey
September 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.”
— Art Blakey
— Art Blakey
The soul answers never by words, but by the thing itself that is inquired after.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
September 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The soul answers never by words, but by the thing itself that is inquired after.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jimi Hendrix Playing Bass
August 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Jimi Hendrix Playing Bass
Long-Exposure Jazz
August 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Long-Exposure Jazz