Dr. Bronner, the mysterious Essene manufacturer of the Dr. Bronner’s line of soaps has this on the label of his Peppermint Oil Soap:
Who else but God gave humankind this sensuous passion! Love that can spark mere dust to life! Beauty in our eternal Father’s fashion! Ecstasy far above earthly greediness & strife! Poetry, uniting All-One, brave, all life! Like a beacon breaking thru dark clouds that pass, your deep embrace, your sensuous kiss! Who else but God can make Love last 1 trillion years of sweet eternities! For when conquered after years of toil, sweat, blood, Love can strike like greased lightning sent by God, to spark mere dust to intense blazing fire & create new Love-faith-hope-guts-strength, as only God inspire! Unite the whole Human race in All-One-God-Faith, as all mankind desire!
Dinner with Paulina and Joris last night. Their son Samuel and Loki are friends in playschool so they played all evening while us adults talked over food and drink into the encroaching twiLight. Joris is a Dutch painter who has been living up here for five years or so. He speaks Icelandic well enough to be teaching art in the local elementary school. They have a beautiful house rather nearby with a clear view of the harbor and mountains above.