Category: Credo

One does have to be willing to adopt at least a bit of a counter-cultural attitude to pursue a mystical experience because so much of culture — at least Eurocentric culture — is filled with false promises that the desire that pulls John of the Cross out of the house in the middle of the night can be satisfied by a technological advance.

A poem for Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent

When asked why he would not pick up his pen, Thomas reputedly replied, “All that I have written seems like straw to me.” He died six months later. His magnum opus remains unfinished.