Now what? Whatever is next :)

Ability to read into these transformative riddles of life and death

"Creative soul's quest... follow the star of the zeal of your own enthusiasm" p. xiv

Dilettante "the one who takes Delight in"

Emotions, Teachers, Courage by Pema Chodron

Fabric of reality; Frisson - the telling shiver of truth about your own life

Glint-in-the-eye-regaling of a wise Irish storyteller

Hermeneutics - inventive interpretations in the spirit of the Hermes, the soul-guide p. xiii

Imagination and Inspiration

Joseph Campbell's contribution to us:

"Key to the realm of the muses" p. xiii of The Hero's Journey

"Oh! That you could turn your eyes toward the napes of your necks , and make by an interior survey of your good selves." William Shakespeare's Coriolanus

"Marriage is, is a great, great, wonderful communion of interest and a friendship." ~ Bette Davis

"Net of gems" sparkling metaphor from Hindu cosmology p. xii

Poet's way of "How to Read a Myth": symbolically, metaphorically, soulfully

Relish the simple abundance we all have in our lives every day

"Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is one of the greatest tricks of human existence" ~ Tennessee Williams

Tricksters - our spiritual guides p. xiii

Unconditional friendship with self - Pema Chodron

“Why are you so afraid of silence? Silence is the root of everything. If you spiral into its void, a hundred voices will thunder messages you long to hear.” ~Rumi

Zimmer, Heinrich - Indologist