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The forecast hot weather has come and gone, but its psychological, as much as physical, effects feel a bit harder to shift. So join with me tonight as we gaze deeply into the mirrored dome of the night sky and its web of starlight, to discover what stories they tell and their challenge for us to begin to create newer ones.   

Journal entry:

22nd July, Friday

“Every day shakes the kaleidoscope.
 Lift it to your eye.
 Twist the base and look.

Today, three young jackdaws chase each other
 Through the feathery green of the ash tree
 In a carnival of silver rain.

It calls to somewhere deep inside of us,
 Doesn’t it?
 You, me, and whatever is behind
 Our biggest questions
 And lies beyond the heathlands of right and wrong.”

Episode Information:

In this episode I quote a section from Jack Johnson's song ‘Constellations’ which was released on his album In Between Dreams on Bushfire Records in 2005. You can listen to it here: ‘Constellations’.   

I also read an excerpt from Susan Hanson’s essay ‘Deep in the Heart’ found in Let There Be Night edited by Paul Goodard (2008) published by Uni of Nevada.

John Moriarty talks about the impact of western mythology on the psyche and culture of western civilisations in many of his books; particularly, Nostos, An Autobiography (2001) and What the Curlew Said: Nostos Continued (2007). The best introduction to John’s writing is the excellent John Moriarty: Not The Whole Story (2018) written by Mary McGillicuddy. All these books are published by Lilliput Press. 

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