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Heaven On Earth

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

Hav­ing fully expected to be locked up behind bars in some loath­some cell, all by myself for thirty days, I was quite sur­prised when my charge, a fel­low trustee, led me off to a barracks-​​​​like room out in front and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Two Seemingly Irreconcilable Realities

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Sir EJ Drury II

Despite all the enlight­en­ing fan­tasies I encoun­tered in church that Sun­day, I still could not see the invis­i­ble image of God within myself, the indi­vid­ual I was meant to become. Nor could I deci­pher the hand­writ­ing on the altar—the sin­gle … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Chivalry

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Sir EJ Drury II

“What I don’t under­stand, Marty,“ I com­plained when, later that day, I again ran into him, “is why ya kicked the guy in the face when he was already, obvi­ously down ’n’ out for the count.“ “Where I come from, Dury,“ … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Old Witch

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Sir EJ Drury II

“What are demons, any­way?“ I asked him. “They’re extremely com­plex thought forms,“ he responded, “which tend to develop around those parts of your per­son­al­ity that remain too far from con­scious­ness, to exer­cise any con­trol over them. They rep­re­sent all of the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Extraordinary within the Ordinary

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Sir EJ Drury II

“I do not know this witch you speak of,“ I inter­jected. “You know her all too well,“ replied my men­tor, “as the only mother to have donned one of the magician’s masks when she failed to con­jure up gen­uine love … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Evil of an Asinine Choice

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Sir EJ Drury II

Instead of com­mend­ing me for hav­ing passed my first real trial by fire, the old Indian rep­ri­manded me for hav­ing acted so fool­ishly. “Had you sought our coun­sel before you acted,“ chided he from some­where across the void, “you would … Con­tinue read­ing →

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O Courage, My Life

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

On the same day (29 June 1967) we pulled off Yan­kee Sta­tion for a lit­tle R & R, or rest ’n’ relax­ation, in the south­ern port of Sasebo, Japan, I was ordered to appear at a Captain’s Mast for the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Naked Truth of Wisdom

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

In my ecstasy, I real­ize that I’ve just been awak­ened to the dwelling place of the Holy Trin­ity. Imme­di­ately, I recall a line from the Gospel of John (14:23): “Those who love me will be true to my word, and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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An Exercise in Visualizing the Invisible

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

Oth­er­wise, I found life onboard ship bor­ing as usual, so much so, that one day I was moved to paint what I was feel­ing after hav­ing been assigned to paint some pipes that ran up beside an exte­rior bulk­head along … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Vagaries of a Melancholy Mood

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

As the ship steamed relent­lessly south­ward at full speed ahead, the mood of the crew grew con­spic­u­ously more somber. Forced to let go of the fren­zied and orgias­tic plea­sures of a Dionysian hol­i­day in Japan, they unwill­ingly sur­ren­dered them­selves to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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