"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
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]
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]
"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
Reality is continuous, multiple, simultaneous,
complex, abundant and partly invisible.
The imagination alone can fathom this…"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jeanette Winterson
"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
~~~~~~~~~ Raven Trismegistus
SITE REVISED: February 17, 2010
SITE INAUGURATED: September 4, 2009