by Robin Bloor | Feb 27, 2023 | Readings, The Lost Herald
A Damascus Sword-maker It was not purity but impuritythat lent strength to these swords,ingots of iron with carbontraced in tungsten and vanadium. Folds upon folds ran through each blade,rivers of darkness and lightshimmering like moonbeams on water. Stronger and...
by Robin Bloor | Jan 28, 2023 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Self in Hiding The Self is weakened by asking. O thou who hast gathered taxes from lions,Thy need hath caused thee to become a fox in disposition.Thy maladies are the result of indigence:This disease is the source of thy pain.It is robbing thine high thoughts of...
by Robin Bloor | Dec 27, 2022 | Readings, The Lost Herald
Like This, Like This. Like This If anyone asks you how the perfect satisfactionof all our sexual wanting will look,lift your face and say,“Like this.” When someone mentions the gracefulness of the night sky,climb up on the roofand dance and say,“Like this.” If anyone...
by Robin Bloor | Nov 27, 2022 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Laughing Pomegranate When you go to buy a pomegranateChoose the one that’s laughing, the one with the split rind,For its laughter reveals the seeds within. Blessed is the pomegranate’s laughter.lt gives voice to the heart inside, just asThe cracked shell of the...
by Robin Bloor | Oct 24, 2022 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Self In Hiding Showing That The Life Of The Self Comes From Forming Desires And Bringing Them To Birth Life is preserved by purpose:Because of the goal its caravan-bell tinkles.Life is latent in seeking, Its origin is hidden in desire.Keep desire alive in thy...
by Robin Bloor | Sep 28, 2022 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Fading of the Golden Age Jupiter and his Olympians did not always dwell amid the clouds in their mountain kingdom. In times long gone a glorious family of Titans lived there and ruled our world. There were twelve; six brothers and six sisters. They believed that...