by Robin Bloor | Jan 6, 2026 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Conference of the Birds The epic poem The Conference of the Birds (Mantiq at-Tayr) describes a journey where thirty birds of the world, led by the wise Hoopoe, set out to find the mysterious Simurgh, the legendary “King of the Birds.” One of the most...
by Robin Bloor | Nov 23, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Questions of Zarathrustra This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Lord: Who was the father and begetter of Righteousness at the beginning? Who established the course of the sun and stars? Through whom does the moon wax and wane? These things, O Wise One, Ahura...
by Robin Bloor | Oct 4, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Struggle of the Verb and the Noun A Noun or A Verb To name God a noun is to build a cathedral around a shadow. It is to mistake the vessel for the sea, to worship the graven image of a force whose nature is flow. A noun is a tomb, a fixed...
by Robin Bloor | Aug 22, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Struggle of the Self Tao Te Ching #16 Empty yourself of everything.Let the mind become still.The ten thousand things rise and fallwhile the Self watches their return. They grow and flourishand then return to the source.Returning to the source is...
by Robin Bloor | Jul 7, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Schoolboy Dostoyevsky Dostoyevsky Dreams of School That night I had the most hideous dreams. No wonder; all the evening I had been oppressed by memories of my miserable days at school, and I could not shake them off. I was sent to the school by distant relations,...
by Robin Bloor | Jun 3, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
A Woven Image In Memoriam: Robert John Davis 26th April 1978 – 25th April 2025 A friend and a colleague in the Work. On Being Woven The way is full of genuine sacrifice. The thickets blocking the path are anything that keeps you from that, any fear that...