‘‘Not all those who wander are lost.’
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)[1] ‘The most difficult thing in life is to know thyself.’ Thales (624 BCE-546 BCE)[2] ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.’ Socrates (469BCE-399 BCE)[3] ‘If I am not for myself, who will be? If I am for myself alone, what am I? And if not now, when?’ Rabbi Hillel (110 BCE – 10 CE)[4] ‘It is not your duty to finish the work, but you are not at liberty to neglect it.’ Rabbi Tarfon (70?-135CE?)[5] Unexpected invitations are dancing lessons from the Divine. G. M. Jaron (1954 CE-) [1] (Tolkien 1954, 1955, 170) The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I, Chapter 10. [2] (Breverton 2009, 9) Attributed by Diogenes Laertius, (circa 200 BCE) in his Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers to the philosopher Thales ,(635/620-546/543 BCE) [3] Plato, Apology, 38a [4] Rabbi Hillel, Pirke Avoth, 1:14. (Goldin 1955, 69) [5] Rabbi Tarfon, Pirke Avoth, 2:16. (Goldin 1955, 116)
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A blog about Lovecraft's Dream land, Jewish Kabbalah, Occult Qabalah, Philosophy, Metaphysics, and other stuff. Gary Jaron was set on his life's journey at age nine when he had a mystical experience.
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