Reeling falcons Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert As hopeless a president as he was, Obama was a good listener. "The Second Coming" is a poem written by Irish poet W. B. Yeats in 1919, first printed in The Dial in November 1920, and afterwards included in his 1921 collection of verses Michael Robartes and the Dancer. Surely some revelation is at hand; Nevertheless, I believe Spiritus Mundi leads Yeats to propose that perhaps the Second Coming (of Christ) is near at hand: Judgement Day . But now I wonder: What spirit will we see arising from the collective struggle in the meantime — the kind of courage and collaboration that has been so much on display everywhere in the face of the pandemic, or a response that is angrier, more antagonistic and less caring of others, ultimately giving rise to totalitarian states that most of us have never had to experience but which our grandparents warned us about? Does Language Restrict What We Can Think? And struggle in the darkness And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, an angry mob of old white men in Michigan, thousands of anti-Netanyahu protestors in Tel Aviv, A pattern language for effective group work, Why Economic Collapse Will Precede Climate Collapse, The Dark & Gathering Sameness of the World, Cultural Acedia: When We Can No Longer Care, Ten Things to Do When You're Feeling Hopeless. were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, The Land Of Heart's Desire. Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it We’ve been talking about what our collective reactions to the current pandemic forebodes for our response to the immensely greater challenges of economic, climate and ecosystem collapse as the sixth great extinction gathers steam. Building community is essential but as you say Paul, collapse will be gruesome for many without an economic system. In the time that Yeats speaks of, the rulers of the world were caught up in imperialism and expanding circles of power to the point where they would do almost anything to accomplish their goals. There will be no second coming. [8] Stephen King's novel The Stand references the poem numerous times, with one character explicitly quoting lines from it. end. And they’re right to be scared. It is harder to try to understand what desperation drove them to do what they did, or how powerful the ‘disinformation’ media controlled by vested interests have become that they can goad thousands to do this — and make so many feel so helpless and terrified. Given some time to think I think Trump makes them squirm, but they’re kowtowing because they’re scared that if he goes off on them they’ll lose their jobs and their power to do anything. Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; . Plays. II. 1) Many people thought the second coming of Christ was "surely at hand" after the terrible loss of life and bloodshed after WWI as does Keats as he writes in his poem. Yeats seems to conflate the two mirroring 2,000 year periods into one time. Yeats, music by Joni Mitchell, Turning and turning and beliefs. That straddle and strafe "That path no bird knows, Nor has the falcon's eye seen it". Personally I don’t want to live in a life boat fashion and favor community building on the most broadest level possible. Before despairing about the mindless anger, and the lurch to populism, I want to try to understand it. "[11][10], Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline, President of the United States of America, "The 1918 Flu Pandemic Killed Millions. By a rocking cradle [3], The poem was written in 1919 in the aftermath of the First World War[4] and the beginning of the Irish War of Independence that followed the Easter Rising, at a time before the British Government decided to send in the Black and Tans to Ireland. ), in case my musings are of use to others contemplating the nature of the beast now slouching towards Bethlehem, waiting to be born: I was struck by the utter dissimilarity of two much-publicized protest demonstrations in the past week. Job 28:7 which refers to it's eye. Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? is happening in the world, i.e. So I stumble at the idea that we must get rid of capitalism, not because ‘we’ can’t do that but because there is no such thing as capitalism; that’s just a description of what happens when people get conditioned to do things with the expectation that ‘that way of doing things’ will be best for them and mostly everyone else. They don’t want to be informed (just look at “What’s Trending” on Twitter). I thought I’d share some of these thoughts, which Paul prompted with his characteristic skill and thoughtful questions (thanks Paul! Not even for Trump. When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi regarding the interpretation, I think there are more Biblical representations than was brought out by the other comments. And, as you can see with the multiple possibilities for the interpretation of "Spiritus Mundi" the various interpretations can change the meaning of a statement considerably. In order to avoid making another stupid mistake, I will refrain from comment on the meaning of Spiritus Mundi for the time-being. of the human race. They’ll be delighted when he’s gone, but rightfully worried they’ll never get elected again without a populist leader they can’t control.
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