"The permanent mental attitude which the sensitive intelligence derives from philosophy is an attitude that combines extreme reverence with limitless scepticism." John Cowper Powys
... staples ( things that are going to be around for a while, core set stuff and lands rather than block specific stuff). if people ever want to just borrow something, thats fine with me i just need warning. So if people want anything, you are much better eailing me with what you want and what you have to offer rather than trying to work out on a Wednesday night. gdmorgan (at) powys dot gov dot uk
"It is indeed only in the strength of a real, original, personal philosophy of his own that a man can acquire that mixture of profound independence and conciliatory politeness that will enable him to steer his course between the fashions of the crowd and his own eccentricity." John Cowper Powys
... Fyrnsidu, my primary faith and practice. I am an oathed gesið of the Geférrǽden Fyrnsidu. Still, a significant number of my ancestors came from Brythonic (or formerly Brythonic) areas of Britain such as Powys and Ystrad Glud. I've been feeling drawn for some time now to give that part of my ancestry some attention. So that, really, is why I'm here ...to explore and educate myself a bit ...
... evolution of our race when we know that it is a simple life alone that brings to human beings that desirable condition known as happiness. One feels sometimes that there must be some sort of fatal insanity in human character that drives us on to hug to ourselves the things that kill our joy, the thoughts that murder our peace, the strivings and competings that poison our life." John Cowper Powys
... of happiness; and chief among superfluities are all those thousand and one appearances of things that can be forgotten with an effort of the will. The important thing is to lay all the stress upon the mind and the will and by the elimination of appearances, live entirely in those larger, simpler, more permanent elements of perception that are unaffected by chance or change." John Cowper Powys
I love the crisp and sunny Autumn days like today. I can't say I'm a big fan of the gloom and rain, but it makes me appreciate the rare sunny days a lot more. I do believe my roommate is more interested in the agility jump at the moment than Samson is. Although, Samson hasn't designated it as 'something-to-pee-on', so that's always positive! There was a lot of JD jumping the jump and Samson ...
... Between Ford and John Cowper Powys Stephen Rogers I felt a ... associations. NOTES 1 John Cowper Powys, Autobiography [1934], London : Macdonald, 1967 – henceforth Autobiography ; p. 547. 2 Powys is best remembered for his ... 169. 9 See John Cowper Powys, The Pleasures of Literature , London ...
