I suppose I could say that to be interested in innocence already suggests a remove from innocence, perhaps a longing for something that is lost.

The imagination is fertile. From seeds of the imagination, much is made manifest.

I did not understand the differences between Catholic and Protestant until I was an adult.

In the meditation, of course, the question is repeated and repeated until you run out of answers - or so I hear.

When we fail to live up to our ideals, for instance, we might begin to wonder who we are - most people are aware of a discrepancy, I think. There are idiosyncrasies and foibles, but we're not sure if these are essential. Some people think they are the most essential things of all.

I grew up with tarot cards and the reading of tea leaves.

I'm not an expert here. I'm talking about an experience I had rather than something I intellectually worked out. From what I can gather, the original mystery religions are still, largely, as the name suggests, mysterious. But they are associated with intoxication, fertility and resurrection.