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Desiderata for a sacred text

Half-way between a bestiary and an almanac. Multi-authored by an international consortium of the homeless. Heavy on Yes, low on No. Too big to fail. Available only in whalesong, and impossible to translate.

St. Brendan's whale, by Honorius Philoponus, Novi Orbis Indiae Occidentalis, 1621

This entry was posted Friday, December 11th, 2009 at 11:50 am, last modified at 11:50 am, 12/11/09 and is filed under Epigrams and Conundrums, Philosophy/Religion.  Print

2 Responses to “Desiderata for a sacred text”

1. kasturi says:

   December 15, 2009 at 2:00 am

   “available only in whalesong, and impossible to translate” – love that, dave

   great illustration, too – k

   Reply
   • Dave says:

     December 15, 2009 at 1:32 pm

     Hi Kasturi – Thanks for commenting, and especially on this post which had gone so sadly commentless till now. I was kind of pleased with it myself, but wasn’t sure it would strike a chord with anyone else.

     Reply

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