Occult Symbolism
derived from symbolism in literature and the ancient world
 

Sources:

TAROT

ASTROLOGY

Zen

Greek Mythology

The Bible

John Senior

Joseph Warren Beach

Joseph Campbell

MIDI Handel

BY JIMMY WARNER

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13.  Not Being Jimmy, Finding the way

You won't find it in the Egyptian Council of Nine or the or in all the Russian Orthodox Prophesies, not in all your intuitive pondering or investigation until you settle on the fact that non being, your spiritual death and resurrection (not Christian or any other spiritual death) but in the shamanistic tradition of a life given over to the powers of the universe, will you find peace. And, only then will you be able to deal with symbol twisting, manipulation by zealots, plots to hook your attentions, and the pure intentions given to art. Allow yourself to feel that this selfless poem, a form I did not invent, will take you somewhere. This is what all the poets are saying. I give you no rhapsody or intellectual tome, but a path for navigating the sailboat of the mind where ever it wants to go.

Not Being ME Shockoe Reader Jun 2009 Flying colors, the winning form, always rare, no matter the race, inspiration, not assured, the searching  pace more important than  outcome or escape. A sparkle of  bay shore blue or a  banner of color leading somewhere, rewards with unexpected pursuit of laughs, an inner creation of positive relief. On-going actions, busy  bystanders, you learn to impose new found regime onto every thought, even self-distraction, but only our sensibilities belong to the dream, the way in which we sense the profound, how  a memory becomes the sound of a shell.   What it’s like cannot be told, only flashed, Like listening to its liquid, you would drift away. Yet, rhythm is heart, not sentiment.   Energy needs to rise and fall Spreading out over the seascape or boulder field like an tentative hand.   Return from poetic ocean depths,  deeper than reason, an ultimate scene takes place inside each reader.   Creativity and listening are a test of non-being, no more weird than mammalian diving instincts, despite form or formless contents, continuity or the lack – not like a monstrous entity or Grindhouse movie where the pop actors grope for identity,  characters in search of sci-fi, but where you know there is a winner,  a loser and an optimistic survivor.   ©Jimmy Warner 2010