Saltmarsh watersnake in a mangrove swamp. Not pictured are the mosquitos in their dark-clouded legions. Saltmarsh watersnake in a mangrove swamp I’ve seen a lot of ibises, though too small to take on serpents of this size. I’m open to being surprised. ————————— Serpents have rich symbolism, both benefic and malefic like any other. When … Continue reading The Closed Circle
Nature
What to Make of the Flowers
“When the world seems to tremble on its foundations, a glance cast upon a flower can restore order.”~ Ernst Jünger, Journal 1945–1948. Aristotle, and some 1,500 years later Aquinas, would call the vegetative soul the most basic aspect of the living hierarchy, with Plato too before them attributing the ‘appetitive’ aspect of the tripartite soul … Continue reading What to Make of the Flowers
Sum Ergo Oro 