Spiritual Growth for a Rationalist

[dmiley]

I heard HOW DEEP KNOWLEDGE CAME TO THE CHILD JESUS by Fiona Macleod at a workshop with R.J. Stewart in New York about a year ago.  It is a tale of an old wise desert king come to impart knowledge to Jesus.  Child Jesus had heard most of it before, but the old man had a few tricks up his sleeve and played some songs on a blade of grass that opened

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You probably know this, but--

[bodhibird]

P.L Travers is also the author of the Mary Poppins books, and they are a far cry from the movie version (much as I like Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke)--rich in pagan and magical themes. I'm not sure if they're in print, but your library system ought to have copies. I have a set from the fifties that belonged to my sister.

Re: You probably know this, but--

[dmiley]

I read many of the Mary Poppins books to my son with the equally subversive E. Nesbit. I had no idea of her history before reading "What the Bee Knows" but knew there was more than meets the eye. If you haven't read WTBK lay hands on it. Its like a Rosetta Stone.

peace and health,
David
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