Richie Havens

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Stonehenge

[liner notes]

To all the temples built by man of stone and other transient material: I wish to live to see them all crumble into truth and piles of light!

And to the temple where divinity resides, even with all your newcomers: How quiet!

To divinity: (the socio ― Physio ― spiritus ― harmonius ― concludus) It is a pleasure to know you!

And least and last, to the body, the substance, the hull, the distinguished main portion, the vessel of molecular pilots and passengers, and its power receiving, transmitting, perceiving, transcending equipment: The true temple, I’ve seen your face, the earth and its inhabitants, a magnanimous collection. Concentrate on your heart beats, regulate your breathing even so that flowers may live.

Richard P. Havens

Temple ― N.		An edifice for worship of a deity or deities. Place of public worship.
Temple ― N.		The flat part of either side of the head above the cheek bones.
Temple ― N.		Residents of divinity.
Divinity ―		The state or quality of being divine.
Body ― (bod·i) N.		The material organized substance of an animal as distinguished from the soul or vital principle.
Body ― N.		The trunk or main portion of an animal or tree. The main or principle part of anything. The portion of an aircraft which accommodates the pilot and passengers and power equipment. The hull of a ship.
Body ― N.		A person, a number of individuals united by some common tie. A corporation, a united mass, a general collection.
Body ― N.		Any solid geometric figure. A material thing. A certain consistence or density. Substantial strength. To furnish with a body, to embody, or to produce indefinite shape.

(Stonehenge, Stormy Forest [Productions, Inc.], SFS-6001, 1970)

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