Parsifal, the most mystical and hermetic of Wagner’s operas, has obvious affinities with Wilson’s early work. The tale of Parsifal, the “guileless fool” ......
**** The great Hermetic saying is “As above so below”.
I like to apply it to debt and our trade deficits. Just as you wouldn’t max out your credit cards, don’t demand that your country, state or the USA do that and go deep into hock. Arnold Schwarzenegger is worth $200 million. Do you think he would ever manage his own finances the way he does California’s?
Well of course not. But both parties are wastrels in their own way. Arnold (and even Obama) inherited bad situations. And our credit card has done been maxed out. And we have overdrawn the checking account to boot. And we ain’t got the money to make it good.
parsy, the realist