Biblio-Musings

Traubel's Cosmic Consciousness

Wednesday September 23, 2020

Horace Traubel was a close associate of Walt Whitman and one of his executors. This is his contribution to the book Cosmic Consciousness by Maurice Bucke:

May, 1889. That overwhelming night, as I leaned over the railing of the ferryboat, lost this world for another, and in the anguish and joy of a few minutes saw things heretofore withheld from...

Conge Facing G

Thursday September 17, 2020

Many a time I found myself alone face to face with him, as he used to say, "for a good cup of coffee and to talk about this and that," without having any precise question to ask him. Then I would say to myself, "This is a moment I mustn't let slip by." I would hunt around for some question...