Sublime

it’s important to remember that in the book of Genesis, Eve is called “Eve” only once; she is called “woman” eleven times.

Genesis begins, of course, with a story of creation and curiosity. The first woman, Eve, wants to partake of the one tree forbidden to her, representing the knowledge from which she and Adam are prohibited. Curious to know good and evil, she eats—that is, she reaches for, grasps, tugs, acquires, ingests, and consumes—a single piece of fruit from th

It is possible that Qohelet’s use of hebel has Cain and Abel in mind. Abel’s unjust and meaningless murder is just the kind of datum that Qohelet wrestles with…what sets the world adrift is the human desire for autonomy and to play God, rather than embracing one’s creatureliness.

In other words, to evolve beyond the earth plane and remain in it is a great prize.

Desire is our trustworthy magic lamp that never goes out. When we are led in a direction that does not serve us, desire stands back up, dusts itself off, and tries again. Desire desires our deepest good and will not give up through all of our crazy wandering.

But any one watching keenly the stealthy convergence of human lots, sees a slow preparation of effects from one life on another, which tells like a calculated irony on the indifference or the frozen stare with which we look at our unintroduced neighbour. Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand.

At night I observe Venus, closely following the transitions of this beautiful Damsel. I prefer her as the Evening Star, when she appears as if out of nowhere, as if by magic, and goes down behind the Sun. A spark of eternal light. It is at Dusk that the most interesting things occur, for that is when simple differences fade away. I could live in ev

If Adam and Eve had been able to take counsel with a wise guide, they might not have fallen, uttered their excuses and self-justifications, but Adam and Eve had to make this mistake and learn from it. They were alone, without spiritual elders.