A visit by the universe. (epiphanies)

From: Commonweal | Date: August 13, 1993| Author: Hoyt, Robert G. | Copyright information

I report here a couple of experiences that more or less fit one of the definitions of "epiphany" in the American Heritage Dictionary: "A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization." The first such experience happened maybe fifteen years ago. I sat on a dock projecting from an island off Portland, Maine, and watched the tide move in. I didn't really see "the tide," of course; I saw the water slowly cover a flat white rock sitting in the mud. No...

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