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Traherne, Thomas - Circulations - As fair ideas from the sky
Identifier
002449
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Thomas Traherne –Circulations
As fair ideas from the sky
Or images of things
Unto a spotless mirror fly
On unperceived wings
And lodging there affect the sense
As if at first they came from thence
While being there, they richly beautify
The place they fill, and yet communicate
Themselves, reflecting to the seer’s eye…………….
All things to circulations owe
Themselves, by which alone
They do exist; they cannot show
A sigh, a word, a groan,
A colour, or a glimpse of light
The sparkle of a precious stone
A virtue, or a smell; a lovely sight,
A fruit, a beam, an influence, a tear;
But they another’s livery must wear
And borrow matter first
Before they can communicate.
Whatever’s empty is accursed
And this doth show that we must some estate
Possess, or never can communicate
The source of the experience
Traherne, ThomasConcepts, symbols and science items
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Suppressions
Believing in the spiritual worldCommuning with nature
Inherited genes
Squash the big I am