About the Essays

At Two Rivers Farm, formulating Work ideas was standard practice.  In the last years of her life, Mrs. Staveley left the giving of Sunday “themes” to us, her students.  So there was widespread experience of formulation in our community.  We were encouraged...

The Year 2300

It is the year 2300 and the world is at peace. There are no extremes; extremes are gotten rid of. If a child is too anything: violent, crazy, visionary, smart, stupid, incurious—-it is eliminated. And if an adolescent or adult goes to extremes, the police are...

A Report on the War on Conscience

The Fathers of the Church have, at long last, succeeded. The Catholic Army of the War on Conscience has been hugely successful. The Army has succeeded in short-circuiting many of the spiritual energies in practicing Catholics, and better yet, even in former Catholics....

SUBTLE: Limning

Limning Limning means drawing faint lines around something, lines that suggest, but do not clearly outline that something. And, if done for long enough, with many attempts, the space inside can be seen to be nothing else. But nothing can be identified as even a part...

MOVING: The Little Boy

Dear ____ . . . . I have a story to tell you. I’ll try and tell it here. This is my first attempt, so it may be confused in places. This morning, as I was carrying my stuff from my motel room to the car, I had a clear vision, and I saw a little boy with a folded...