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GALLERY 2:  Joseph Campbell, Rumi, Ish, the Wingmakers, Fred Burks

Poetry

by Joseph Campbell

The poem below appears in several of Campbell’s essays. I transcribed it from the opening minutes of the 6-part DVD: The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers.

The Hero Path   We have not even to risk the adventure alone for the heroes of all time have gone before us. The labyrinth is thoroughly known ... we have only to follow the thread of the hero path. And where we had thought to find an abomination we shall find a God. And where we had thought to slay another we shall slay ourselves. Where we had thought to travel outwards we shall come to the center of our own existence. And where we had thought to be alone we shall be with all the world.

by Rumi

By day I praised you and never knew it. By night I stayed with you and never knew it. I always thought that I was me — but no, I was you and never knew it.         There is a certain Love that is formed out of the elixir of the East. There is a certain cloud, impregnated with a thousand lightnings. There is my body, in it an ocean formed of his glory, all the creation, all the universes, all the galaxies, are lost in it.       Top of page

by April Crawford / Veronica / Ish

©April Crawford. Both poems are by Ish. The first is from April’s book Reflections of a Spiritual Astronaut. The second is from April’s free weekly newsletter Inner Whispers, Vol.1 Issue 11. Please visit AprilCrawford.com.

when i was a boy, very little yes i was i counted all the stars, from the middle yes i did the sky was my universe, me the master yes i was my craft was a chariot, only faster yes it was my goals were so simple, and so clear yes they were i could fly to the sun with no fear yes i did capturing the essence in my soul yes i did i explored the all of earth, and myself yes i did all of earth was an easy project yes it was my self an endless galaxy yes it was         a few words may be not we told you once and you forgot how to make the world go round stepping softly without a sound events are fleeting and often we find there's more to a moment with your kind look to each action as if it were gold you are a child of the cosmos and very bold remember this always and state your place others will know and respect your space the universe is giving to those who take and a menace to all who do not make a stand and defend their right to create exactly what they speculate to be heaven         Top of page