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"I feel more and more every day, as my imagination strengthens,
that I do not live in this world alone but in a thousand worlds."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Keats

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The Spiral Columns of Apamea, Syria
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Welcome to my site.  A special welcome to those who used to visit my (now defunct) Geocities site, and are now perusing this one!  My aim here is twofold: to invite you to explore some aspects of the world(s) that I find especially fascinating; and to share information about forthcoming events that I think you might want to know about.  This site is an evolving one, so feel free to revisit from time to time to enjoy what's new here.  I have a lot of material from my old website that I plan to upload to this one, and I will also periodically share fresh discoveries and enthusiasms. 

Why 'Apamea', you ask?  It's the name of a city in ancient Syria, fabled in Hellenistic and Roman times for the depth of its cultural life.  Apamea is likely where a philosopher named Iamblichus founded a school for the pursuit of wisdom around 300 AD.  Most of the writings of Iamblichus have been lost, and the city itself is now a vast, unexcavated ruin.  But somehow Apamea, perhaps more than anywhere else I've been, and the vision of Iamblichus, perhaps more than any other vision I've glimpsed, stir a deep yearning for something wondrous, hidden, beautiful and profound - something I've been seeking my whole life.  I don't expect that I will ever fully satisfy this yearning.  I doubt that the thirst for totality can be quenched in such a fractured wee thing as me.  But that's fine.  The quest itself has filled my life with a richness beyond words.

(And, speaking of quests, don't forget to put your cursor over the Special Events button at the top of this page, to deploy the drop-down menu!)   

Thanks for your interest in my interests, and best wishes for whatever your own quest may be. ~~ Leonard

Feel free to contact me via email.  Here is my address, but PLEASE NOTE: remove the initial 'z' before using - it's just there to delude spambots.  And you're not a spambot, are you?

[email protected]

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Leonard (left) and Xanthia (right)
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"The earth is not flat and neither is reality. 
Reality is continuous, multiple, simultaneous,
complex, abundant and partly invisible. 
The imagination alone can fathom this…"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jeanette Winterson

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"The theist-agnostic-atheist spectrum of debate is too monochromatic for such a rainbow reality as this.   'Yes / Maybe / No' maps an epistemic range that doesn't quite capture 'beautiful' or 'imaginative' or 'loving', or even 'pink'. And certainly not 'Hermes', or 'Isis'."
~~~~~~~~~ Raven Trismegistus


SITE REVISED:  February 17, 2010
SITE INAUGURATED: September 4, 2009

Apamea: The Website of Leonard George