Tag Archives: Peter Matthiessen

A Child’s “Pure Unclouded Brow”

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Ron Pavellas

The quote in the title is from the poem that is the preface to Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice found There, the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I was around 11 years old when my … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Literature, Church & Religion, Philosophy & Psychology | Tagged Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Child of the pure unclouded brow, Lewis Carroll, Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982, Peter Matthiessen, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice found There, Zen | Leave a comment

Get Real: What is ‘Reality,’ Really?

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Ron Pavellas

This is a question often discussed among people, especially during their formative years and during some parts of their formal education—or over a libation at one’s favorite watering hole. Great thinkers have propounded their ideas on this subject, some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays | Tagged Albert Einstein, Arthur Eddington, Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English, Gary Novak, Groucho Marx, Henry Miller, Nine-Headed Dragon River; Zen Journals, Peter Matthiessen, reality, Soen-Roshi | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: Peter Matthiessen

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