Imaginations and Reveries

Chapter 36: NOTE TO THOUGHTS FOR A CONVENTION

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The collection gathers essays, meditations, critical sketches and imaginative pieces written over decades, interweaving reflections on national identity and cosmopolitanism, commentary on artists and poets, considerations of art and literature, and spiritual and mystical explorations. Several essays argue for a distinct cultural ideal while others examine modern artistic moods; interspersed are lyrical short tales and dramatic sketches that explore mythic themes, inner conflict, youth and love, and symbolist meditation. The volume moves between practical proposals for communal renewal and contemplative passages about creativity, intuition, and the light within, presenting a varied but thematically linked survey of aesthetic, political, and spiritual concerns.

NOTE TO THOUGHTS FOR A CONVENTION

I was asked to put into shape for publication ideas and suggestions for an Irish settlement which had been discussed among a group whose members represented ah extremes in Irish opinion. The compromise arrived at was embodied in documents written by members of the group privately circulated, criticized and again amended. I make special acknowledgments to Colonel Maurice Moore, Mr. James G. Douglas, Mr. Edward E. Lysaght, Mr. Joseph Johnston, F.T.C.D., Mr. Alec Wilson and Mr. Diarmuid Coffey. For the tone, method of presentation, and general arguments used, I alone am responsible. And if any are offended at what I have said, I am to be blamed, not my fellow-workers.

The author desires to make acknowledgment to The Times for permission to include an article on "The Spiritual Conflict."