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Wild Poseidon and other demons

Wonder how on earth a journey can help to tackle personal demons? Because they are well hidden and too rarely acknowledged - certainly in my case. Hard to imagine how hymn singing might tackle them (so many pilgrimage books seems to have appendices of useful hymns to sing at certain points).
At the moment my most useful point of reference is Ithaka by Cavafy.
Don't let monsters spoil the journey - whether or not you're actually travelling anywhere. 

And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.
Posted by Susan Roberts at 22:04 Labels: Cavafy, Ithaka, wild Poseidon
