Wednesday 19 September 2018

Blaze Of Stars, Milky Way And Meditation

Poul Anderson, The Enemy Stars.

"...the sole outside illumination was a wintry blaze of stars." (6, p. 44)

Ryerson lifted:

"'...a heavy head to the foreign stars. The Milky Way formed a cold halo about his tangled hair." (p. 47)

Nakamura says that:

"'Space is a good place to meditate...'" (ibid.)

- and adds that Zen meditation is an attempt to identify with the universe. Not in my experience but oneness with the universe is there in the background, nevertheless.

Nakamura:

"...saw the dead sun through a viewscreen, when his ship swung so that it transitted the Milky Way." (p. 48)

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And as we know, that's a very Andersonian touch, expressions like "wilderness of stars," a "glory of stars," and now a "blaze of stars."

Sean