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A Telling
Shorn of pride
To see was Samson made blind
And daily the rut of a circle tread
A circle's without beginning
A circle's without end
A circle's eternal
And so is the spirit
And from his rounds
Beaten
And mocked in woe
Brought to stand between columns
Two pillars or poles
Two poles with Samson centered made three
The triptych
The gateway
Neath the all seeing eye
Stone work the floor representing the earth
Two pillars
The two trees which stood
Above columns the lintle
(As heavenly vault)
Upon them wind and fire
Fire and water
Sun and moon
Earth, pillars of heaven, the vault
These four formed the square
The doorway
The portal
The passage
Inside which he stood
And God made six
(Go find what this means)
Six the number of man
Six the sides of a cube
Six directions in space
Earthly man, spiritual man
The circle he trod
The square where he stood
The circle squared
Vitruvian man
The earthly must perish
The spiritual to ascend
The hair was the veil
This tale's telling ends
To see was Samson made blind
And daily the rut of a circle tread
A circle's without beginning
A circle's without end
A circle's eternal
And so is the spirit
And from his rounds
Beaten
And mocked in woe
Brought to stand between columns
Two pillars or poles
Two poles with Samson centered made three
The triptych
The gateway
Neath the all seeing eye
Stone work the floor representing the earth
Two pillars
The two trees which stood
Above columns the lintle
(As heavenly vault)
Upon them wind and fire
Fire and water
Sun and moon
Earth, pillars of heaven, the vault
These four formed the square
The doorway
The portal
The passage
Inside which he stood
And God made six
(Go find what this means)
Six the number of man
Six the sides of a cube
Six directions in space
Earthly man, spiritual man
The circle he trod
The square where he stood
The circle squared
Vitruvian man
The earthly must perish
The spiritual to ascend
The hair was the veil
This tale's telling ends
Published 26th Sep 2021
| Edited 27th Sep 2021
Author's Note
Esoterica
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Anonymous
26th Sep 2021 7:02pm
Wow, AJ.... This is like reading the searing, autobiographical words this painting (or photo?) was hiding within each of it's paint strokes (or creases of still art)
I read, reread and then read again... the brevity of your imagination, sits profound with me. I absolutely loved following where it was you took me.... the path you carve for my own thoughts and mind's creative process to bob and weave through...
Just stellar writing you've shared today.
Some of my favorite and as usual, I marvel, dear poet.
Thanks for the journey
🌹
B
I read, reread and then read again... the brevity of your imagination, sits profound with me. I absolutely loved following where it was you took me.... the path you carve for my own thoughts and mind's creative process to bob and weave through...
Just stellar writing you've shared today.
Some of my favorite and as usual, I marvel, dear poet.
Thanks for the journey
🌹
B
26th Sep 2021 7:45pm
I'm not so terribly clever. I love esoteric a and just applied those meanings to the symbols at the end of the Samson and Delilah story. Words are symbols for meanings and symbols carry their own meanings without words. The tree, branch and root, as above so below.
My deepest appreciation for your bludgeoning your way through my pondering like these. Thank you 🙏🌼
My deepest appreciation for your bludgeoning your way through my pondering like these. Thank you 🙏🌼
27th Sep 2021 3:50am
Dear AJ,
I enjoyed the different style of writing and subject in this poem. The storyline of Samson and Delilah, the use of shapes, the mysticism throughout. What caught my eye and provided a devilish smile was
“Six the number of man
Six the sides of a cube
Six directions in space” now, if I extract the first word of each of these I get 666. 😈 (hehe devilish wit)
Your closing lines are staggering beautiful to me. “ The earthly must perish
The spiritual to ascend
The hair was the veil
This tale's telling ends” simple truth and therein lies the beauty.
Awesome. H🌷
I enjoyed the different style of writing and subject in this poem. The storyline of Samson and Delilah, the use of shapes, the mysticism throughout. What caught my eye and provided a devilish smile was
“Six the number of man
Six the sides of a cube
Six directions in space” now, if I extract the first word of each of these I get 666. 😈 (hehe devilish wit)
Your closing lines are staggering beautiful to me. “ The earthly must perish
The spiritual to ascend
The hair was the veil
This tale's telling ends” simple truth and therein lies the beauty.
Awesome. H🌷
"if I extract the first word of each of these I get 666"
There are two ways, ascend (Rev. 3:12) or descend (Rev. 13:16-18). Each has its symbols and its patterns.
In the beginning. In the be-ginning. A gin is a fowler's snare. Which fowl/angels fell from two trees? Was it not Adam and Eve?
Earth, two trees and branches supporting the heavens, these formed the square, the passage, the door into mortality.
Its a recurring theme.
There are two ways, ascend (Rev. 3:12) or descend (Rev. 13:16-18). Each has its symbols and its patterns.
In the beginning. In the be-ginning. A gin is a fowler's snare. Which fowl/angels fell from two trees? Was it not Adam and Eve?
Earth, two trees and branches supporting the heavens, these formed the square, the passage, the door into mortality.
Its a recurring theme.
