The moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one.

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody who fought in that war was at fault. It was the war itself that was at fault.

It helps to regard soul as an active intelligence, forming and plotting each person's fate. Translators use "plot" to render the ancient Greek word mythos in English. The plots that entangle our souls and draw forth our characters are the great myths. That is why we need a sense of myth and knowledge of different myths to gain insight into our epic struggles, our misalliances, and our tragedies. Myths show the imaginative structures inside our messes, and our human characters can locate themselves against the background of the characters of myth.

The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten

Vessels expose the invisible Zeitgeist, the visible formed by the invisible.

Each person enters the world "called," like an oak tree, to fulfill their soul’s agenda.

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently.