mysticism – Anne Z

Day 161 of 1000: Writing as self-immolation

Thoughts from Simon Critchley and Annie Dillard on writing as lighting one’s self on fire, becoming a wick for the sake of the flame.

This week I crashed skiing, an accident redux recalling a similar crash of mine from ten years ago. A few thoughts on what it meant to me.

The concept of “releasement” from Meister Eckhart and Martin Heidegger. Reading the Five of Pentacles card as a card of releasement.

To love, you must strip away your self and your ego, writes Simon Critchley in Mysticism. Iris Murdoch believed this too.