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Category Archives: Art
The Gaze that Bridged Earth and Heaven: Sufism and the “Beloved” in Poetry
Have you ever looked at something breathtakingly beautiful and felt a quiet longing in your soul? A sense that there is something more behind that fleeting spark of awe? For centuries, many Sufis, the mystics of Islam, found that spark … Continue reading
Desire and Longings
Though “desire” and “longing” are often used interchangeably in the English language, for the purpose of this blog, I would like to make a distinction. “Desire” was borrowed from the Old French desirier (from the Latin desiderare) following the Norman … Continue reading
A Gift of Scandinavian Fairy Tales
A Christmas in the early 1970s I received from my uncle a book that I cherished for many years until, sadly, I “put the ways of childhood behind me” and lost my gift. It was an illustrated collection of Scandinavian … Continue reading
Cupid in Disguise
Cupid in disguise is the Boy-God Eros without his wings. That is, he has lost his freedom and the capacity to ascend. He is now only a boy, a prisoner of the materialistic world. No longer worshipped, his image has … Continue reading
The Boy Who Would Be Immortal: the story of Ganymede
Before the Achaeans launched their tragic war on Troy, there lived a Trojan prince of such breathtaking beauty that he was said to be the most handsome of all mortals. One day, while the radiant youth was tending his father’s … Continue reading
