Articles/Essays – Volume 52, No. 1

Ritual

If a man has a dream and the dream is from God and the man writes a 
play based on the dream, the God, and other things he believes to be Godly 

If a man has an experience one might classify as transcendent and the 
man tries to put that wordless vision into words and practices 

If God shows a man everything and says tell everyone 

If a girl feels angels breathing on her forehead but opens her eyes while 
praying 

If a boy in the woods loves what is divine and cannot find a way to 
divinity by established means 

If the poetry surrounding the event begins to be read as a series of proofs

If one tries to balance skin on a dividing thing, a divider— like a knife—