The Blacksmith Poem, All I Know Is the Doorway

Malcolm hen shames, hene says, in the blacksmith poem, all i know is the doorway into the dark. Why would he enter the door if he didn't know more? What do you need to know to give you confidence to enter? In this comes back to hearing and music, because in that poem, hene can hear something. And yet, it's still a daring thing to do. Many of the great christian mystics have recognized that. There's john of the cross famously took im ut the dark night of the soul. If we'll let ourselves be born again in god, it can be a woobing and fruitful darkness.

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