“In Varieties of Religious Experience, William James says that for an experience to be visionary or ecstatic it must be passive (that is, it must happen to us—it cannot be induced); it must, perforce, be transient, fleet, swift; it must… — Lisa R. Spaar Copy Share Image
“Spain is a million things, it’s lantanas and hibiscus, it’s roses that aren’t ashamed to split their skirts for love, rude flowers pushing out… — Lisa R. Spaar Copy Share Image
“An angel bends the date palm branch within Joseph’s reach. I am neither the angel nor Joseph, but am the hunger One knows intimately… — Lisa R. Spaar Copy Share Image
“And so it’s hard for a certain kind of naïve mind at a restless, awakening time of year not to wonder, for example, what… — Lisa R. Spaar Copy Share Image
“In Varieties of Religious Experience, William James says that for an experience to be visionary or ecstatic it must be passive (that is, it… — Lisa R. Spaar Copy Share Image
“Armed strife and violent conflict between and among people are as old as human experience itself, older perhaps than singing, and certainly predating the… — Lisa R. Spaar Copy Share Image
“William Blake admired the work of William Wordsworth but is said to have once been so mad at him over a theological point in… — Lisa R. Spaar Copy Share Image
