Mystical Tales [revised] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

I look at my document and the world ends, every time;
I bring it back by quickly looking away - Tunisia's
corruption is not meant for today and I read William
James instead: mystic's revelations hold true for
mystics only - others can consider them but have
no claim to truth without our personal experience
of such events

I agree; even a sceptic can see a right to dignity
creates peaceful society and inequality a recipe for
disaster; no need for a mystic's revelations to provide
foundations for these principles; yet some mystical
tales are so enchanting and their claim to truth is
irrelevant, like the mystical tale of a baby
born to bring peace to the world

The tale of Buddha illuminated, Sufi Whirling Dervishes
dancing atom's spin into a primitive world, Hindu gods
telling of many Kali ages, the Kabala's Tree of Life; when
these lovely ideas are used to motivate more freedom and
rights for members of the human race, they fulfil a higher
ideal in a magnificent way


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Every time I look at my document, the world
ends, I quickly bring it back into existence by
looking away, Tunisia's corruption is clearly
not meant for today - I read William James
instead: A mystic's revelations hold true for
the mystic only - others can consider them
but they have no claim to truth without our
personal experience of such events

I agree with him; even a sceptic can see the
right to dignity creates a peaceful society and
inequality is a recipe for disaster; no need for
a mystic's revelations to provide foundations
for these principles; yet some mystical tales
are so enchanting, their claim to truth is ir-
relevant, the mystical tale of a baby born
to bring peace to the world

The tale of Buddha illuminated, Sufi Muslim
Whirling Dervishes dancing the atom's spin
into a primitive world, Hindu gods telling of
many Kali ages, the Kabala's Tree of Life;
when these lovely ideas are used in order
to motivate more freedom and rights for
members of the human race, they fulfil
a higher ideal in a magnificent way…