Margaret Alice (The Crystal Age / Pretoria - South Africa)

Robbed And Maimed

Boredom - the cause of humanity’s troubles
the inability to find anything even remotely
interesting, finding no resonance with anything
I see, nothing interesting on the Internet

Proving the world is still the same, but my feelings
changed and having the faculty of reason without
emotional content is completely useless, no wonder
many take anti-depressants

It is simply to forget the emptiness in their heads!

I’ve committed the grave sin of leaving Terry Pratchett
next to my bed, I fear boredom more than anything -
carrying books guaranteed to be interesting – but today
I was determined to work my way from A to Z

Now I’m left with black-hole-syndrome in the head,
nothing worthwhile seems to be alive or able to survive,
only the frustration of suspicion that I shall always
repeat this experience in my life

Whenever a critical point is reached and my brain is
saturated, I stop to feel, not even crimes and violence
have the decency to come looking for bored old me,
I will have to put in an application

To be robbed and maimed in the name of breaking all
this boredom – it’s driving me insane!


Joy and Wonder

I’m also fascinated by moments of purest
joy - godly sensations of freedom –

blessed moments of illumination, as
described in this account: “I felt as if

the whole universe was poured into me –
or was welling out; my soul was thrilled;

my consciousness went out in all directions
simultaneously - through the sky and into

all space beyond; I went up to the stars and
planets to be among strange entities,

beings a million miles high who moved about;
revelations swept my being - too fast for

my mind to record - other than realize the
joy and wonder of it…”


Moments of vision

In moments of vision knowledge is acquired
through the mind’s visionary faculty that
easily penetrates reality

Derek Gibson experienced the world becoming
a beautiful phantom – a fairyland of browns and
greens - surging vividly

Unseen, only felt – his mind developed the faculty
to live what his senses were registering, knowledge
and power surged through him -

He suddenly KNEW he was part of it all…

Colin Wilson “Beyond the Occult” p.22