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“The Oracle of Pan”, a book of Oracle poetry by Lawrence R. Spencer
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IMMORTAL FRIENDS

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~ below is an  excerpt from the book Pan-God of The Woods   

“Derek wondered how astronomers ever managed to get over the feeling of their own utter insignificance; a majestic humiliation brought on by this clashing contrast of magnitudes. The microcosm within the macrocosm; a flea on a flea on a flea on a flea, ad infinitum. The was, the is, and the will be of infinite space and time and matter and the inestimable magnitude and power of twinkling stellar energy: the face of God.

PAN GOD OF THE WOODS

There was nothing to save him from these thoughts except to sleep; to not be — until the chariot of dawn was driven by the sun to slay the dark illusion of the night and restore myopic sight to those who need eyes to see.

Towering trees seemed to touch the stars above him. Through the boughs a breeze whispered a hushed and haunting hymn.

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In sleep he dreamed he heard the simple piping of a flute. There were words he would not remember in the morning — words without a voice to sing them, as though a child were humming a rhyme to himself:

“I hide in the fuzz on a butterfly wing.

I ride the on waves of electron rings.

I hear the songs that a ladybug sings.

I can be small, like the tiniest things.

 I like to play leapfrog over the sun,

Run around Venus and Mars just for fun.

Jogging to Pluto is just a short run.

Heavenly hopscotch is easily done.

 By changing my viewpoint I’m smaller than small

I fly with my thoughts! I’ll never fall!

I decide to be none! I decide to be all!

I am immortal — immeasurably tall.

 You’re just a man! You’re weak and small!

I dare you to find me! I dare each and all!

You’ll never see me. You’ll never get near.

I am a god! I don’t have your fears!

 I’m here, then I’m there. I’m free to be free.

I don’t need to eat or breathe or pee!

I am who I am. It’s fun being me!

The same Pan I’ve been, and always will be!”

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SUBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW

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SUBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW

Definition of “sub·jec·tive”:

adjective

1.

existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective ).
2.
(Philosophy)  relating to or of the nature of an object as it is known in themind as distinct from a thing in itself.
(Dictionary.com)
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I DON’T NEED TO PEE. I’M FREE TO BE FREE!

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"I hide in the fuzz on a butterfly wing.
I ride the on waves of electron rings.
I hear the songs that a ladybug sings.
I can be small, like the tiniest things.

I like to play leapfrog over the sun,
Run around Venus and Mars just for fun.
Jogging to Pluto is just a short run.
Heavenly hopscotch is easily done.

By changing my viewpoint I'm smaller than small
I fly with my thoughts!  I'll never fall!
I decide to be none! I decide to be all!
I am immortal -- immeasurably tall.

You're just a man! You're weak and small!
I dare you to find me! I dare each and all!
You'll never see me. You'll never get near.
I am a god!  I don't have your fears!

I'm here, then I'm there.  I'm free to be free.
I don't need to eat or breathe or pee!
I am who I am.  It's fun being me!
The same Pan I've been, and always will be!"
-- from the book PAN - GOD OF THE WOODS by Lawrence R. Spencer
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IMAGINATURE

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IMAGINATURE

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.

Some see Nature all ridicule and deformity …and some scarce see Nature at all.

But to the eyes of a man of Imagination, Nature is Imagination itself.”  — William Blake

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William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form “what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language”. His visual artistry led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him “far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced“.  

Blake embraced the imagination as “the body of God”, or “Human existence itself“.

Considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. His paintings and poetry have been characterised as part of the Romantic movement and “Pre-Romantic”, for its large appearance in the 18th century. Reverent of the Bible but hostile to the Church of England – indeed, to all forms of organised religion – Blake was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions and he maintained an amiable relationship with Thomas Paine.

( below:  a painting by William Blake, “Ancient of Days” )

William Blake - Ancient of Days