CALL ME MAGGIE

Keith “Maggie” Brown

  • Atlas of True Names

    Cool project. Finds the etymology of over 3000 place names and renders them in a new atlas. Very much worth a look see. Atlas of True Names. Continue reading

  • Dream Sutras ( haibun )

    Originally posted on simonhlilly: DREAM SUTRAS Something here in Japan, perhaps the lightness of the summer mornings, perhaps the way the land subtly shivers and sways, perhaps that we are intruders unfamiliar with the nuence of its neural patterns, make… Continue reading

  • Daodejing 31

    #31* Powerful weapon: inauspicious instrument. The person on the Way disapproves of such instruments. Such are disgusting. The worthy person in daily life respects the Left as place of honor.† The person in time of war regards the right as… Continue reading

    Daodejing 31

  • Third Anniversary

    Today, I am reminded by WordPress, is the 3rd anniversary of this blog, Reason & Existenz. Over 22000 views as of today. Hope to reach 23000 by July 04 weekend. Thanks so much to all of my good brothers &… Continue reading

    Third Anniversary

  • The Book of Kells Revisited

    Originally posted on Micheline's Blog:   Book of Kells, folio 34r containing the Chi Rho monogram Dear friends, I am forwarding a blog I wrote on 18 November 2011.  It is about the Book of Kells, a Gospel Book.  In order to… Continue reading

    The Book of Kells Revisited

  • Ageless Wisdom

    “The sacred function of hope has, in modern man, degenerated into a hideous disease called tomorrow.” –G. Gurdjieff How does the old age not already become the new age? How does the ancient not always transform into the modern? Would… Continue reading

    Ageless Wisdom

  • MOOCs and the Humanities

    Originally posted on Posthegemony: So, there’s a lot of fuss about online and “flexible” learning, MOOCs, and the like these days. My posts on Eric Mazur and Coursera have drawn a fair amount of traffic to this otherwise rather neglected… Continue reading

  • down

    down rolling falling drifting earth cold mud parting away foot leg waist torso neck head deranged beneath the at-level down ground water baptism “this is my beloved baby” breath stopping stoney ranging down-below emptiness down devils elementals daemons gods caressing hot memories death… Continue reading

    down

  • Daodejing 30

    #30* The minister who relies on the DAO never threatens all under heaven with violence. Surely such an action must lead to retaliation. Wherever troops walk, weeds grow After the time of war, must come the time of famine. The… Continue reading

    Daodejing 30

  • Nowhere do I want to remain folded

    Thanks to my beloved brother Joseph C. for reminding me of this beauty from Rilke. I am too alone in the world, and yet not alone enough to make every hour holy. I am too small in the world, and… Continue reading

    Nowhere do I want to remain folded

  • alright

    Everything is alright. Every thing is alright. Everything is all, right? Every thing is all: right. Related articles Entelechy – Cosmos – Event (keithwaynebrown.com) The Fool Falls! (throughthevortex.org) Who is Rumi? (responsiveuniverse.wordpress.com) Infinity (turbulentortoise.wordpress.com) Away with the Way (concordiadiscordata.wordpress.com) Shamanism… Continue reading

    alright

  • howling alone

    small dog barking lonely how can he know his roommates will return? it is not the way of being a puppy to know the comings and goings of adult humans. might they be expected, however, to know the loneliness of… Continue reading

    howling alone

  • Entelechy – Cosmos – Event

    Seek thou after the entelecy of things if the opening of the Way is thy quest. Look not to the particular example or the general explanation of anything. To take up experience as wisdom means to be a student of… Continue reading

    Entelechy – Cosmos – Event

  • Daodejing 29

    #29* Desiring to possess all under heaven by force I think this never works. All under heaven is sacred. It cannot be taken over by force. It is uncontrollable. Possessiveness destroys; Control loses. Hence, the sage “does nothing” (wu wei)†… Continue reading

    Daodejing 29

  • Carrying Over Laozi

    The translation of Daodejing proceeds apace. Dear Wenlong works harder than ever to help me understand the simultaneous complexity and simplicity of Laozi. The term “to translate” literally mean to move something from one place to another or to carry… Continue reading

    Carrying Over Laozi

  • Hermes

    Little lean, wing-footed god How this big fat hobbling man Found himself in your service? Guide of souls at life’s end Messenger of divine will Lover of Desire herself… Send me some dream from ether, Hash me a smoky idea,… Continue reading

    Hermes

  • Whispering / Glimpsing

    Now/here flows the Way. Not in the words but around them, atop, beneath, behind, before, and after them. When ever we write, where ever we speak, the words themselves should not be the focus of meaning. While we can determine… Continue reading

    Whispering / Glimpsing

  • TONGUE SANDWICH, Plagiarist

    NOTE: This piece was originally a reblog. It can no longer be found at TONGUE SANDWICH. Turns out, TS is a horrible little plagiarist. You can see an interchange between that vile man and myself below. And what an ironic… Continue reading

    TONGUE SANDWICH, Plagiarist