Jalâluddîn Rumi

(fotografia de Jean Ferro, Lewis: 1st Street and Temple, Downtown Los Angeles, s/d)


"Using the stone of the philosopher to convert copper into gold is indeed wonderful.
More wonderful still is the fact that, moment by moment, the philosopher's stone (man) is converted into copper - by his own heedlessness" (1)

Jalâluddîn Rumi (1207-1273)

(1) poema retirado do CD de Martin Simpson e Wu Man, Music for the Motherless Child.