"I am Isis, the ruler of all lands; I have been taught by Thoth and with Thoth I invented letters."
-- Aretalogy of Isis,Lady of Writing
Sunday, May 15, 2011
So set ...
So set beautiful wreaths, Dika, about your tresses plait together the dill shoots with your tender fingers. Primed with flowers the blest spirits of Joy most favor such occasions: they shun people who wear no garlands. -- Sappho, Greek poetess
It's a double tragedy to the world: One, that so little of the writings of this ancient poetic genius have survived; two, that most people know Her only in mocking or sincere Freudian musings, as some sort of label or euphemism for "the love that dare not speak its name -- when She should be loved as we love Shakespeare or Mozart, simply for Her work.
wreaths do have a special meaning.
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Lovely!
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in San Francisco - or anywhere!
It's a double tragedy to the world: One, that so little of the writings of this ancient poetic genius have survived; two, that most people know Her only in mocking or sincere Freudian musings, as some sort of label or euphemism for "the love that dare not speak its name -- when She should be loved as we love Shakespeare or Mozart, simply for Her work.
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