ODE TO HYPATIA
<Dedicated to all those who seek truth>
The Heavens should be simple
They are not
The once independent walk by faith
Not by sight
Others question not
But I must
My mind is my only view
Awakening of knowledge and quest
Challenged by theory
When the river becomes too deep
They shall be divers
When the mountain becomes too high
They shall be climbers
I will lead
Discovery requires courage
I fear not
Should the Sun shine too brightly
I will bask
When the Moon eclipses with shadow
I light candles
Conquering the deepest dark
Answers come to those persistent
Burdened by consent
Hypothesis not intent on movement
I content to wait
As seconds split the art is lost
I despair not
Old voids shape new truths
Consummation entangles human odyssey
Never to be freed
Beloved ideals strangled by reality
Nevermore upheld
Rewarded by the apostate of victory
Devoid of Brotherhood
False prophet regaled yet despised
With hastened hands they gird themselves
Raiments of despair
And now the clash has ensued
Pulses beat of death
Seized at length and tightly bound
No escape
No relief
Proud men thinking they are gods
Forbidden secrets loosed
The walls crumble and burn
With them my ministry
With them my mind
With them my soul
Cessation of destiny
Crystal dreams turn into dust
All is lost
Enveloped in anguished sheen
I am finished
The blade strikes swiftly
I am free
But Agora lives in memory and mind
Hypatia was a legend ahead of her time. She was a teacher of astronomy, mathematics and philosophy in Alexandria in 391 AD during the Roman rule of Egypt and the fall of civilization. She believed in the secrets of the Universe including the movement of celestial bodies and was a strong advocate of brotherhood. The prose is based upon a rendition of the life of Hypatia.
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all," she is credited with saying. "To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing."
I’m always a bit concerned
I'm always a bit concerned when ever Hollywood picks up a piece of history, and it's often "entertaining" to watch. Thanks for posting this, though, L! :o)
Have you ever come across the German production "Vision" about the life of Hildegard von Bingen? It's actually a very beautiful and bright movie that feels quite conceivable.
As for the good old female vs. male contemplations that somehow arise when ever women are featured for such sake, we are both fitted with the same powerful machinery as bodies and minds, while our fundamental focus enables us to perform respective duties for all the right reasons. To discover, to contemplate and to share revelations we are fitted equally. The nature of distraction that is imposedly employed by our civilization's simplifiers is different though, because it focuses on the former, the natural differences between what each gender cares for by trait.
We just shouldn't let those powers convince us to seek power through association, especially not with polarizing qualities such as women to women and men to men. To rise above the foolishness that layers the ways behind us we should consider forgiving ourselves for having fallen for the manipulations of those who took charge. Move forward with the right understanding for how to support all aspects of nature that manifest in us. Don't deny a man the maskuline and the woman the feminine! Let a father be a father and a mother be a mother. This civilization is in the process of destroying that with such relentlessness. This is not about any confinements or constraints, this is about the hideousness of permissions, as if anybody had the right to permit or "not to" permit that we can follow what we truly, honestly love. Denial is being propagated, inculcated and used as the key to dehumanization, dematuring (if that's a word) the world of humans and turn all genders into youth-obsessed narcissistic children, regardless their age.
Ugh, how did I get here? Darned, sorry, L. Just got me thinking about it all.
Nice work Logos.
Nice work Logos.
I enjoyed the film 'Agora'. Which is surprising to me. Yes, there are some innaccuracies in the movie, done for creative license I imagine. And yet, I was intrigued by the character of Hyapatia. You want her to succeed, and can relate to her so easiy.
As for the prose you included here…….are you the author of it? I know you do some writing yourself, and the prose here is extremely well done I think.
Thanks
yes indeed
Hi Taron!!!! There are always liberties taken in movies and I do have this movie and found it very moving. The idea here of course is to draw attention to the real historic Hypatia who was a ground breaker ahead of her time. Your statements mirror my own thoughts … keep thinking … thinking – it is contagious!
Yes, Digger tis my prose and thank you so much for the compliment! The funny thing is I bought the movie because it was brought to my attention, via an astrology magazine that recommended the movie for its "astrological implications." Meager as they were, I got so caught up in the story that I wrote the blog!
Thanks gents!