This Day the Poet

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Philosopher-poet, writer, astrologer, lecturer, discussion group facilitator, Ron "The Lamp" Lampi, Ronald A. Lampi (Ral)

The Lamp of Psyche
Poet of the New Age

Ron Lampi, Philosopher-Poet

I am here to share with you the bottomless gold mine I have found.

Remember, there is always more than meets the eye, unless you can see with the other Eye. The Golden Thread can appear anywhere. I have no doubt, you'll come across it in this Labyrinth we travel together. Clues are everywhere.

Maybe you are one who still
    has ears.
Maybe you are a seed—
To hear the Tree singing,
that you might become
       a Tree
                  singing

My challenge has been: That a poet can make a difference in today's world.

Can a poet make a difference?

Is it possible that a poet in the Postmodern world can offer the world a Vision?

I do not consider myself a Postmodernist, but I have lived through Postmodernism-my work is meant to be the transition out of Postmodernism.

Is this a Renaissance time? Are there those of us who are the Renaissance figures of this time?

Follow with me the guidance of the Golden Thread through the corridors of the Labyrinth and we will reach the Living Fountain. It is the Fountain of Unlimited Creativity. I invite you to enter this Fountain with me and I promise you you will come to know its secret-the Living Waters of Spirit. You will begin to see with the new eyes-the Eye-offered by its Vision. It is the Vision of Psyche.

I am the poet who has been called to reweave the World Fabric with the Golden Thread. What I feel others have only hinted at, generalized about, beat around the bush about, only talk about, I am called to spell out and make explicit. There is much talk about myths today, and playing at dead myths; through the Vision of Psyche, I have been granted the new Word that is Mythos. I am a mythmaker for the contemporary world, my Calling to bring the new Mythos into the world. (Might it be that some are offended that I am so conscious of what I am about? Yes, I am a New Ager with a Mission. It is disingenuous in our hyper-self-conscious Postmodern world not to be clear about our self-image. That we should be critiqued regarding our claims is of course rightly to be expected.)

The Mythos begins somewhere
and must begin with someone

On the local level, where I live, I see myself as—still at this time—the self-proclaimed poet of Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay. Have I not written more about, and celebrated more of, this place than any other poet living here? (Residing in this region are literally hundreds of poets.) I would welcome being corrected on this and learning of any poet who has produced such a body of work that celebrates the Mythos of our place. The Vision I received was given to me here, as I stood upon the cliffs that overlook Monterey Bay. It was over our Goddess Bay that the Vision of Psyche appeared to me some 30 years ago. I am still only now beginning to share the whole body of my work that would birth this Vision, its Mythos, into the world. For this Vision is more than personal, and is more than regional, but is of this time, this Age, and of this entire Earth.

The Vision of Psyche can be found in different works, such as: The Birth of Psyche, Technos & Psyche, Advent, The New Age Vision, and now in a work by that title, The Vision of Psyche. The Vision permeates all my work. My first emphasis that the art of mythmaking is key to the transformation and renewal of our world is found in my poetic prose manifesto The Golden Thread written at about the same time as the Vision.

I invite you to join me in the weaving of the Mythos coming into the world. See An Invitation to participate in The MYTHOS. There is a New Story beginning to be told on Earth and many—hundreds—thousands— are called to help tell that Story, which I have named The MYTHOS.

Realize that there are those of us who have worked on our Path behind the scenes for many years—we have yet to be heard. It is only a matter of time before our voices are heard.

 

Nietzsche: God is dead. End of Story.

Postmodernists: We agree. There is no Story.

Lampi: The Gods return. Beginning of New Story.

 

 

Some of the Themes that you will find in my work:

Now that you have found me, do not let go of me,
   said Psyche.


Have I not spoken of you yet?

Have I not celebrated you yet?

Eventually I will—

You, to me, are a luscious fruit.

And there are so many on the Tree

        of Psyche—

                              Be patient.

I will taste of all of you

and sing of all I taste of all of you—