Throughout the night We dream of all the places We might never see. Those are the dreams We follow, our souls Leading us to far away Lands Which perhaps In some other life We've been to before Home ~ R.M. Engelhardt ©2023
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Words From The Elders
15 REMINDERS FROM THE ELDERS: Get up with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Be tolerant of those who have lost their way.Ignorance, presumption, anger, jealousy and greed come from a lost soul. Pray for them to find guidance. Find yourself, by your own means. Do not let others make your path for you. It … Continue reading Words From The Elders
Shadows By R.M. Engelhardt
Within each man a shadow exists. The shadow of his past.The shadow of his future. And the shadow of all the things heCould have been. ~ R.M. Engelhardt
The Outsider …
"…The Outsider is doubly a rebel: a rebel against the Established Church, a rebel against the unestablished church of materialism. Yet for all this, he is the real spiritual heir of the prophets…The purest religion of any age lies in the hands of its spiritual rebels. The twentieth century is no exception." ~ Colin Wilson
Eternal.
It is and will always be what you say, what you write and what art you actually create that truly matters the most. Popularity doesn't determine your worth and the followers will always come & go looking for the next big thing. That's the unfortunate side effect of too much mass media. People not noticing … Continue reading Eternal.
On Poetry, Witchcraft & Spells
https://lithub.com/poetry-like-witchcraft-and-magick-is-an-act-of-transformation/ ~ R.M. Engelhardt, The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems Of R.M. Engelhardt 1989-20062001 Words are powerful. Words make a difference. They can create and destroy. They can open doors and close doors. Words can create illusion or magic, love or destruction. … All those things.
Find Your Own Voice
Life, poetry in general is about experience and language. How you present this rare magic is key. The writer or poet is not an expert. It's how you present it. In other words? Each God is a God and each man is a man or for that matter woman. A line is a line and … Continue reading Find Your Own Voice
New Or Old. Poetry.
Poetry in any language old or new is the voice us all. A reflection of humanity. Even perhaps a note, a prayer, a mantra or a sign to future generations telling them tomorrow holds what today has lost. Through these voices find yourself. ~ R.M. Engelhardt
Life.
Nick Tosches
And, of course, that is what all of this is - all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or … Continue reading Nick Tosches