The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.
Wanted to share a thing relating to his description of the US experience/ruling system as a “house of bondage” - I just read about a Hindu story that involves a dragon villain, known as the “Encloser” or “enveloper,” who hoarded within itself “all the waters of the world’s life,” the personification of drought.
This feels like a metaphor (tho of course also does not name the specific evils that Baldwin describes) for what the US ruling class has been doing and continues to do as a superpower thru racism-militarism-capitalism, helping to dam up the world’s water/life supply. Not sure if this is all a little out of place here, but the words encloser and enveloper really stood out.
I would like to recommend this wonderful book - heard the author speak in San Antonio last week.
https://a.co/d/1OfNVWc
Thank you! Greg interviewed me just the other day. https://baptistnews.com/article/politics-faith-and-mission-a-conversation-with-david-dark/
Wanted to share a thing relating to his description of the US experience/ruling system as a “house of bondage” - I just read about a Hindu story that involves a dragon villain, known as the “Encloser” or “enveloper,” who hoarded within itself “all the waters of the world’s life,” the personification of drought.
This feels like a metaphor (tho of course also does not name the specific evils that Baldwin describes) for what the US ruling class has been doing and continues to do as a superpower thru racism-militarism-capitalism, helping to dam up the world’s water/life supply. Not sure if this is all a little out of place here, but the words encloser and enveloper really stood out.
Not at all out of place. Thank you for this. Where did you read about it?
Thank you, cool. It’s referenced in Joseph Campbell’s The Inner Reaches of Outer Space.