from the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 5

Swaddling clothes as acculturation so, like Mary, Jesus's thoughts, words and deeds will proceed from the depths of the Jewish tradition. Mary pondered these things in her heart...not her head - an emancipation from superstition, even enlightenment rationalist superstition.

from the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 4

Mary's "fiat"; where did this 'yes' come from? Luke's juxtaposition of Augustus Caesar - the divine emperor/god - with the infant Jesus...the shepherds, the outsiders of their society, are all part of Luke's story.

from the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 3

Luke's first stories...the annunciations of the births of John the Baptist and Jesus, and the visitation of Mary & Elizabeth.

from the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 2

The Ba'al Shem Tov and story telling....

from the Archives: Poetry of Truth Part 1

With this excerpt we begin another series of presentations by Gil Bailie made in the summer of 1995. The original tape set began with a talk that was supposed to give a condensed overview of Rene Girard's anthropological perspective in which Gil used Mark Twain's 1901 essay, The United States of Lyncherdom. Gil was not satisfied with that introduction to the Gospel of Luke and so we start with the second tape in the series.

Like all of the evangelists, Luke is a re-teller of stories...

from the Archives: Famished Craving - Part 100

Augustine of Hippo

I turned from unity in You to be lost in multiplicity. However You gathered me together from the state of disintegration in which I had be fruitlessly divided. We are restless until we rest in Thee.

This is the final excerpt from the Famished Craving series. This entire audio presentation will be available as a 13 CD set, a 13 part MP3 downloadable audio file series or a single data CD containing all 13 MP3 audio files. All of these will soon be posted on our webstore.
The next series to be excerpted here will be The Poetry of Truth: Reflections on the Gospel of Luke

from the Archives: Famished Craving - Part 99

This is the next to last excerpt from the Famished Craving series. Gil continues to examine the life and times of Anais Nin.

from the Archives: Famished Craving - Part 98

"...here is a birth that is of greater interest to me!" Henry Miller to Anais Nin about his soon to be published book

from the Archives: Famished Craving - Part 97

Continuing with Anais Nin...who one reviewer described as someone who came to "embody in an extreme form some of the more unfortunate distinguishing characteristics of our age (late 20th Century) – an obsession with fame, a zeal for self advertisement, a tendency to confuse art and self expression, a rejection of intellect in favor of feeling, and a romantic glorification of neurosis, selfishness and irresponsibility."

from the Archives: Famished Craving - Part 96

From Suetonius' "History of the 12 Caesars" to the Diaries of Anais Nin...