An Introduction

Well with a random name like that I thought I should start by saying what you can expect from the blog..

Saints? - I'll post quotes from anyone I'm reading who has something relevant to say which at the moment is likely to be some Christian mystic/contemplative such as Teresa of Avilon, Caussade, John of the Cross, Fenelon, Guyon, the author of The Cloud of Unknowing etc. I've particularly been blown away by Caussade recently. I'm also enjoying 'Humility' by Andrew Murray and there'll definitely be some Tozer and Wurmbrand in there n I've got some Watchman Nee lined up to read and anyone else the Father sends my way. To put it simply - quotes from brothers and sisters who walked closely with Christ and have something to say about walking in His love, truth and power.

Seers? - Visionaries who whether in fiction or non-fiction have long foreseen the world we live in today and are heading into. This blog isn't here to change the world, "spread the truth about 9-11!!!!", or to knock you out of your spiritual walk with a big ol' dose of fear so I'll keep it light (if a little dystopian :D I think its doable hehe..) Mainly gonna be fiction for now as far as I can see, starting with awesome opening scenes from two sci-fi classics. Philip K. Dick's 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?' became the film BladeRunner and the first scene's disturbing humour shows Rick Deckard and his wife Iran discussing what moods their "mood organs" are set to give them that day. Iran has defied the point of it by scheduling herself for two "self-accusatory depressions" a month... A kinda prediction of "Big Pharma" n also our designer culture imho..
For the beautifully written Fahrenheit 451 I'll quote part of the review on Amazon - "In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's classic, frightening vision of the future, firemen don't put out fires--they start them in order to burn books. Bradbury's vividly painted society holds up the appearance of happiness as the highest goal--a place where trivial information is good, and knowledge and ideas are bad. Fire Captain Beatty explains it this way, "Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs.... Don't give them slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy."
Guy Montag is a book-burning fireman undergoing a crisis of faith. His wife spends all day with her television "family", imploring Montag to work harder so that they can afford a fourth TV wall. Their dull, empty life sharply contrasts with that of his next-door neighbour Clarisse, a young girl thrilled by the ideas in books, and more interested in what she can see in the world around her than in the mindless chatter of the tube." The opening scene is just beautiful and sees the fireman protagonist Guy Montag meet the thoughtful, free and enigmatic Clarisse for the first time and she in her innocence doesn't take long to begin melting away his world-view with odd facts, musings and inquisitive nature.
Strictly speaking these are both sci-fi books but neither are all lazers and warp speed so don't let the name put you off. I find alot of old sci-fi authors tend to take an aspect of the world and exaggerate it to examine it and also look at the collective vs the individual which is totally prevalent today. I'll also look at some of the equivalents from Soviet authors soon enough which should be really interesting.

So... Samurai?? - Well wisdom texts in general but starting off with the Samurai. I've always held a fascination with this people and I'm inspired by the commitment and discipline of the warriors of days gone by.

So just a load of quotes? Well that'll be a fair chunk of it (good quotes tho! :)) but God's getting me writing again which was something I'd left behind to a large degree, He's giving me poems which I'll be posting and I've got some other thoughts and articles in the planning stages so we'll see where this goes, you're more than welcome to come along, God bless.