Gnostic Fable of Articulation

Gnomes are small creatures that extensively appear in folk tales and legends and are known to guard hidden treasures. Gnomic poetry-a derivative from these free-dwelling spirits which Paracelsus associated with elemental earth, is aphoristic with opinionated maxims about general truths in life. The cup of wisdom is the chalice of Bodhisatwa. From Norse and Teutonic myths to Midsummer Night’s Dream-they blend the supernatural magic with the ordinary in a subtle sweetness of wonder. So the wisdom-speech merge in mind; mind merge in speech. “May they bring me the Wedas. May I ponder over that knowledge day and night, may I never forget it. Truth shall be on my lips, and truth in my thoughts. May truth protect me; protect my teacher; protect us both”. (Aitareya-Upanishad)

- Joy Roy Choudhury

With inspiration from:-
The Gnome: “I want to tell you a story/About a little man if I can/A gnome named Grimble Crumble/And little gnomes stay in their homes/Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine” - (Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd/Album: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1969)