Tag Archives: meaning

Formulas of Virtue… Stuart France

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* We have become well versed in the love of enemies… That’s the long and the short of it! * Silent and graceful, we move, as automata, in a pit of vipers… * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Hare and Lion… Stuart France

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* There once was a Lion who came to town. “I want Man to be my brother,” said Lion, “and by and by I will take him into my house. “Very well,” said Man, and so Lion started visiting him. … Continue reading →

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Blue Lotus – Stuart France

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* I set out in search of the Now, Not the Where or the Why nor even the How. I set out in search of the Now… * Reblogged from Stuart France

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Future Man… Stuart France

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* The Philosopher as ‘man of the future’ is always at odds with the past. But his real adversary is the present ideal… He cannot count himself a friend of current knowledge but rather assumes the garb of ‘cantankerous fool’, … Continue reading →

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Rope to the Sky… Stuart France

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Man and Hare became great friends. They were always getting into scrapes together and getting scolded by their mothers. One day Man said, “let us do away with our mothers, then we shall be free.” Hare was not so … Continue reading →

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Burning down the House… Stuart France

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Man was always chasing Hare but Hare was usually too swift for him… One day, by means of a fluke, Man caught Hare, “Now, I’ve got you,” said Man and he tied Hare to a tree, then he set … Continue reading →

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‘To Be’?… Stuart France

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* The Moon dies and rises to life again. Moon said to Hare, “Go to Men and tell them, ‘like as the Moon dies and again rises to life, so will you also.’” Hare went to Men and said, “Like … Continue reading →

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Considering White-Skunk III… Stuart France

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* That White-Skunk possess power is not in doubt. Bald-Eagle himself is wary of it. The point at issue is the uses to which that power is put. White-Skunk uses his power as a weapon to serve his own ends … Continue reading →

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Considering White-Skunk II… Stuart France

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Winged creatures are almost universally regarded as symbols of spirituality. Is there any evidence to regard them as such in this tale? Bald-Eagle has fire. Meadow-Lark has far sight. Rice-Bird can play dead. Not a bad ‘trawl’. * * … Continue reading →

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Considering White-Skunk… Stuart France

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* The Opening dynamic resembles the ‘Edenic’ in so far as a prohibition is transgressed… ‘Do not eat from that tree, for you shall surely die.’ ‘Do not cross the lodge, for you shall leave a stench.’ * …And there … Continue reading →

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