"The guest approaches by the garden path, and must stoop through the low entrance. He makes obeisance to the picture or flower-arrangement, to the singing kettle, and takes his place on the floor. The simplest object, framed by the controlled simplicity of the tea house, stands out in mysterious beauty, its silence holding the secret of temporal existence. Each guest is permitted to complete the experience in relation to himself. The members of the company thus contemplate the universe in miniature, and become aware of their hidden fellowship with the immortals."
The Hero With A Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell

Welcome to Virgil Reality's Tea House and Reading Room: a cup of tea , a good book, and time to contemplate.
The Way Of Chuang Tzu, by Thomas Merton
Einstein's Dreams, by Alan Lightman
Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer
The Kitchen God's Wife, by Amy Tan
i know some things: stories about childhood by contemporary writers, edited by Lorrie Moore
Art And Physics: parallel visions in space, time and light, by Leonard Shlain
MONDO ELVIS: a collection of stories and poems about Elvis, edited by Lucinda Ebersole & Richard Peabody
In The Beauty Of The Lilies, by John Updike
ISHMAEL, by Daniel Quinn
Stones From The River, by Ursula Hegi
Big Sur And The Oranges Of Hieronymous Bosch, by Henry Miller
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"words weave worlds
in the eye
of my mind..."

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