their subconscious, that is, with their feelings instead of their thoughts.
So one day he simply allowed himself to be carried along when events and people
appeared in the course of his research. That explains why the book includes
a survey of metaphysical landscapes and why it involved many human participants
and many strong feelings as well.
Today Poul Blak states: "To master all the tried and true rules of our pro-fession of journalism is certainly use-ful in writing the kind of book I did. But it's even more important for the spirit to control you and your writing. The question then becomes: What kind of spirit are we talking about?"
The book's jacket cover summarizes one of the author's many intentions in writing Lift the Lid:
"Tell me about your reality and I will tell you about mine. Because al-though our collective reality is one and the same, our individual subjec-tive reality is not."
Today Poul Blak states: "To master all the tried and true rules of our pro-fession of journalism is certainly use-ful in writing the kind of book I did. But it's even more important for the spirit to control you and your writing. The question then becomes: What kind of spirit are we talking about?"
The book's jacket cover summarizes one of the author's many intentions in writing Lift the Lid:
"Tell me about your reality and I will tell you about mine. Because al-though our collective reality is one and the same, our individual subjec-tive reality is not."
Where
does a book - any book - come from?
Of course most of us will answer that it comes from the mind of an author via fingers on a keyboard, that an author more or less writes it as he or she thinks it.
As Poul Blak frequently documents in his own book, many writers readily admit to not being in complete control of the writing process. And compo-sers from Carl Nielsen to Kim Larsen have similarly acknowledged that they are hardly present when their creative talents reach a zenith.
In the Foreword to Lift the Lid - And Rethink Life, Poul Blak tells us that his book really began as an outline for an article or several articles on spiri-tualism - the unimaginable - the supernatural - the metaphysical world. But the material ran away from him. Or perhaps it ran away with him.
For many years, Poul Blak taught his colleagues in journalism to write with
Of course most of us will answer that it comes from the mind of an author via fingers on a keyboard, that an author more or less writes it as he or she thinks it.
As Poul Blak frequently documents in his own book, many writers readily admit to not being in complete control of the writing process. And compo-sers from Carl Nielsen to Kim Larsen have similarly acknowledged that they are hardly present when their creative talents reach a zenith.
In the Foreword to Lift the Lid - And Rethink Life, Poul Blak tells us that his book really began as an outline for an article or several articles on spiri-tualism - the unimaginable - the supernatural - the metaphysical world. But the material ran away from him. Or perhaps it ran away with him.
For many years, Poul Blak taught his colleagues in journalism to write with
Never
say: That is just not acceptable!
Never say: I don't believe that!
Never ask: Can you prove any of that?
For such an approach always ends in cold and bitter isolation. And when it comes right down to it: Can you really prove your own reality?
All spiritual endeavors begin with an individual who is open to the world views and concepts of reality of other people, with someone who is receptive to the unique experiences of others and, in the final analysis, with some-one capable of listening carefully to the collective consciousness, to the quiet whisper of the cosmos.
For whatever else the truth may be, it is certainly not a personal point of view!
Never say: I don't believe that!
Never ask: Can you prove any of that?
For such an approach always ends in cold and bitter isolation. And when it comes right down to it: Can you really prove your own reality?
All spiritual endeavors begin with an individual who is open to the world views and concepts of reality of other people, with someone who is receptive to the unique experiences of others and, in the final analysis, with some-one capable of listening carefully to the collective consciousness, to the quiet whisper of the cosmos.
For whatever else the truth may be, it is certainly not a personal point of view!
The
mediums Marion Dampier-Jeans and Bettina Therkildsen at Skovgården, Poul
Blak's home, in the summer of 2002. Both women played an instru-mental role
in the writing of Lift the Lid - And Rethink Life.