Quest: Articles, stories and essays by a master wordsmith

by Russell Frank Atkinson

Overview

There is something in Quest for everyone, from the hilarious stories, Catsh22 and The Antipodean Pro-Leprechaun Society, to fine nature writing in Hampton, Plants and Sand Castles to social commentary in Upside/Downside or the interface of Nuclear Science and Indian Philosophy in Shiva and Science. So many issues are explored, such as the fact that Holes are Wholes, or the eyes, or the Soul, or sex in Subverting Paradigms and the mystery of identity in Who do I You think I am? Fascinating facts about ordinary old water in Water E=H₂O and deep ecological concerns in A Chat with Mother Nature. So there is fun to be had, things to be learnt, opinions challenged and the pure pleasure of reading very original prose that sometimes waxes lyrical or is elevated to verse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781922270818
Publisher:	BLUESTONE PUBLISHING
Publication date:	07/26/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	154
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Russell was born at Portland on the Western slopes of New South Wales in 1930. He started work as a cadet in the advertising department of Farmer's retail store in 1945 and worked subsequently in agencies until he took up the wandering life. Returning to Sydney he discovered Yoga and avidly sought what books were then available. He introduced his peers to Yoga and Indian philosophy and began public classes in Hatha Yoga in 1950, also dancing leads in the first performances of Bharata Natyam in that decade. He taught Hatha and Raja Yoga for many decades, writing the first hand- books on these subjects. He became an assistant to a leading Homoeopath and Osteopath until taking up photography, getting married, siring children and paying off mortgages. Later, he changed vocations again, as an Acupuncturist and Naturopath. He practiced these arts until joining Blackmores in 1975 as Queensland Manager, then in Sydney as researcher, writer, lecturer, and Managing Editor of their Nature & Health magazine. He left in 1983 to go bush for the third and last time.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Upside/downside

Water  

The Antipodean Pro-Leprechaun Society              

Sandcastles       

Religion and the new spirituality               

Reality is ridiculous         

The mighty metaphor   

Evolution with a capital E and unnatural selection            

Shiva and science            

The grey between black and white          

Plants - everyday miracles          

We living things

Soul again           

Catsh 22              

Subverting paradigms   

Holes are wholes             

The art of creative imaging          

The Big (non) Bang and the beginning of us.        

Trying to make sense of the senses         

Who do I think I am? The elusive quest.

The time of great confusion        

Let there be light