Hi Roy and Alan I enjoyed the poem, thank you for the experience. I am also exploring making connections between by Mind, my Soul, my Spirit and my Body and at another level exploring making connections between my Ontological Values, my Epistemology, my Pedagogy, my Language and my Research - a sign of our intellectual times - a movement away from 20th Century reductionism. What though came as a thunderbolt and jarring, is the poem's finale "O Men". The poem begins with a strong masculine voice and ends with one. I found this disappointing, what happened to the "Fluid Communion"? Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: Practitioner-Researcher [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alan Rayner Sent: 02 June 2010 04:34 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Soul and Spirit in Theopoetic Expression (fwd) ------------ Forwarded Message ------------ Date: 02 June 2010 10:09 -0400 From: roy reynolds <[log in to unmask]> Dear Ones, Over the past two days Alan Rayner (British scientist-artist) and I (UU minister) have co-authored a poem and narrative exposition of that poem. Both of these articulate an understanding of the partnership of Soul and Spirit in concrete and cosmic dimensions. These are exploratory writings, not final products, but they represent our current understanding and vision. We offer this to you for reflection, use, and dialogue (including critical and constructive feedback). This framing of Soul and Spirit as partnering poles in an ongoing dance articulates a new vision of nature which is jointly (and separately) being expressed by mathematician Lere Shakunle and mycologist Alan Rayner. The specific Soul-Spirit framing draws directly on the work of James Hillman, Robert Sardello, and Thomas Moore and, as well, on the field of Process Theology (or panentheism). This is a first public attempt to merge these various understandings in a creative writing venture. We offer them to you as a work-in-progress, but would ask that you cite us as the source if you choose to use the poem or narrative exposition. Please be sure to include Lere Shakunle as one of the three visionaries whose work undergirds this endeavor. We offer this in hope that it will help deepen understanding of an emerging philosophical-theological-Sophianic vision. Sincerely, Roy Rev. Roy Reynolds, Interim Minister (Unitarian Universalist) UU Congregation of Gwinnett, Lawrenceville, GA ---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- "This e-mail is subject to our Disclaimer, to view click http://www.dut.ac.za"