“In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.” Henry David Thoreau Selections…

(audio available for paid members) From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such…

(audio available for paid members) The port would fain give succor; the port is pitiful; in the port is safety, comfort, hearthstone, supper, warm…

(audio available for paid members) “So there is no earthly way of finding out precisely what the whale really looks like. And the only…

(audio available for paid members) Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls. Walt Whitman

(audio available for paid members) “How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must…

Q: Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment starts out strangely. First, with the Call me Ahab line in the first chapter, then the next two chapters which are…

(audio available for paid members) This is adapted from a letter Jed McKenna wrote in reply to a self-professed “serious seeker” who made an…

I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city, Whereupon, lo! upsprang the aboriginal name! Walt Whitman, Mannahatta I LIKE MANHATTAN TOO…