The camel came and went in the dessert, coming and going on the sand. The camel ate sand and drank sand and breathed sand and knew nothing but sand. The camel came and went on the great sand mountains and across the great sand plains. The camel came and went. Once upon a day theContinueContinue reading “There Came a Camel”
Category Archives: Pages from the Book of the Guardians
The Pig in a Basket
The apples are in the basket, the pig loves apples. The pig decides to live in the basket. The basket says, No I am full of apples and anyway you won’t fit. The pig is disappointed and spills the apples out of the basket and puts one foot in the basket. The basket says, Really,ContinueContinue reading “The Pig in a Basket”
The Mouse and the Sock
The Blue Knight returned to the City of Az laden with revelation. He went to the great hall where a fire had also been laid, where he yearned to be welcomed with honour amongst those people. My truth, he cried, is ‘I Do Not Know, so I must Dance’ Well, the people of Az cameContinueContinue reading “The Mouse and the Sock”
Level Seven – OK lets go
So, eventually, the Man who lived in the Cave came down the mountain once more and knocked on the great doors of the hall wherein the Queen sat, feeling low. Let me in, called the Caveman, I have wonders to relate. Go away, said the Queen, I understand now that I cannot know the greatContinueContinue reading “Level Seven – OK lets go”
Level Six – I Don’t Know
The Caveman sat in his Cave dressed in clothes of coarse cloth and contemplated the paucity of his understanding, I do not know, he thought to himself. The Queen sat upon her throne in the great hall, dressed in fine silk robes and bedecked with jewellery. She contemplated her inability to discover the truths withContinueContinue reading “Level Six – I Don’t Know”
Level Five – Look Around. What do you see?
Now that we have seen a lie, said the Caveman, and we have found ourselves, we must look outwards and find the ways that we can understand that which is shown. When I see a rock that stands between me and my goal, then I shall look closer. Do I see an innocent piece ofContinueContinue reading “Level Five – Look Around. What do you see?”
Level Four – Are You Kidding
When the ball had finally come to rest, the Caveman and the Queen took turns to stand next to it and have their portraits recorded. The Queen said to the Caveman, What visions have you encountered that you may relate to me? The Caveman answered, The visions that I have had are many and various.ContinueContinue reading “Level Four – Are You Kidding”
Level Three – Believe Me
Once there were two men who lived in adjacent caves. They talked extensively concerning the Satin Black Ball rolling across the Black Satin Plain. The Queen of that place had asked one man for further information on this scenario as she had become fascinated by her inability to discover the size and speed of theContinueContinue reading “Level Three – Believe Me”
Level Two – Fact or Fiction
Once there was a man who lived in a cave. He had nowhere else to live. He saw the sky, black in the night. The stars were placed exact upon the face of the sky in their places as they had been for the ages of past. Now, as he watched the stars left theirContinueContinue reading “Level Two – Fact or Fiction”
Level One – To Be Or Not to Be
Once there lived a man in a cave by himself. He saw a plain, smooth, and satin black. Stretching away to the horizon on all sides. An endless plain. Upon the plain there was a ball of indeterminate size, also black, satin black and smooth as the plain upon which it rested. The ball mightContinueContinue reading “Level One – To Be Or Not to Be”
The Guardians of the Cave 