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The Rebirth of Goethe’s Nosegay — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A PARABLE (1828 Prequel) “I PICKED a rustic nosegay lately, And bore it homewards, musing greatly; When, heated by my hand, I found The heads all...	1,311 views Rate it
The Immeasurable Measure of Alchemical Measure — Karl Constantine FOLKES	PREFACE: “Double, double, toil and trouble. Let our passions burn and bubble. From this dust and soil of stubble. Cleanse us now of all the rubble.” ...	1,218 views Rate it
The Child as Son Becoming Father of the Man — Karl Constantine FOLKES	PRELUDE: THE EARTHLY DOMAIN OF MAN From the Lake District poet Wordsworth’s “Father of the Man,” to the universal Father of...	1,168 views Rate it
The Moving Finger — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The Moving Finger, Having writ, moves on, therewith Inscribing onwards An unfolding epilogue With all of us as players. Having entrances. Placed...	979 views Rate it
The Metaphysical State of Modern Man — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Faith, Hope, Peace and Love. August doctrine of the metaphysician. A Pauline healer of the human soul. In quest of divine love and salvation. To...	871 views Rate it
I Danced With Calliope Last Night — Karl Constantine FOLKES	I danced with Calliope last night, while playing musically. She with the harp, me with the flute. I danced with her while dreaming. ‘Twas by the...	784 views Rate it
In Search of Self — Karl Constantine FOLKES	In search of Self I looked into the mirror and saw two staring eyes They glanced at me and threatened my demise Informing me without speaking that I...	742 views Rate it
The Adversary’s Metaphysical String — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Puppets on a string, in the Adversary’s realm, we are made robots. Given minds and thoughts to construct a universe. alien to us. Heed this...	699 views Rate it
Zeitgeist Spirit — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Zoom in now on the nature of the Zeitgeist Spirit. Etched in our veins and imaged in our every thought, word and deed is Zeitgeist. Its archetypal...	582 views Rate it
The All is the Singular — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Nature is Oneness. That governs plurality. Singularity. Is how it is referred to. With respect to all matter. All space and all time. Make up all...	577 views Rate it
Wisdom of TAO Te Ching — Karl Constantine FOLKES	THEME of TAO : “The emptiness of the circle ⭕️ is the fullness of its expression.” Use of languages, a lexicon artifact, with syntactic rules, ...	416 views Rate it
Einstein-de Saussure-Jung — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The Thing and the Thought. The concrete and the abstract. The Thing as a Thought. The Thought as a Thing. The Signifier and the Signified. God as...	393 views Rate it
Man’s Measure is Only Physical — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Bible — a prism. Metaphysical measure. Of things that’s not seen. Though some may call it schism. From all that man can measure. In contrast with...	392 views Rate it
Beyond Jungian Synchronicity — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A postscript token. A Fibonacci symbol. In my dreams again. Three women assigned numbers. And my wife is Number 12. 12, 13, 14. Assigned to the...	388 views Rate it
Love and Submission — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Marriage union is union of spirit. The union of two, in Holy Communion, sanctified by the spirit. It is a binding both holy and secular: two...	375 views Rate it
The Substrate of Subjective Human Consciousness — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A Poetic Claim: It is proposed that the entire cosmos as phenomena is suffused with galactic ‘awareness’ or consciousness; emerging initially as ‘Big...	374 views Rate it
God, the Prototype of Singularity — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Him at the Center. Singularity of God. Compressed to Zero. Property is Infinite. His density is unknown. His immensity. Physicists cannot measure....	371 views Rate it
The Thought That Lingers: Part Four — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The thought that lingers will not rest. Nor dare it ever sleep from constant dread; from constant fear of never ever waking up from its unknown...	361 views Rate it
Our Redeeming God of Grace — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Our Redeeming God is director of our lives, giving us choices at every single moment, serving as Sanctifier. Our Redeeming God, for special use...	359 views Rate it
Archetype of the Poetic Mind — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The poetic mind Gravitates in synchrony With planets...	351 views Rate it
The Metaphysics of Time — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The nature of time. Who can answer my question. To a hidden truth. Time spawned by eternity. The Bible has the answer. Ponder on verse eight. ...	349 views Rate it
The Two Worlds of Time — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The two worlds of time. The first is material. As for the second. That one is spiritual. It is the world of above. The world of today. That’s...	343 views Rate it
Portrait of an Archetypal Artist — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Emissary of the underworld Lord of celestial darkness Inchoate master of disguises Enveloping the imagination Zaddik the Priest to forgotten saints ...	337 views Rate it
The Mystery of TAO — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Great Ouroboros. Cycle of Life, Death, Rebirth. A Celebration. The Feast of The LORD’s Supper. The Alpha and...	333 views Rate it
Ask Priestess Diotima — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A Reading: What divine fervor drives my quill? Ask Diotima, priestess of Hellenic world. She will tell you it is Love. She will declare to you...	324 views Rate it