Betwixt & Between

"It is probable that the pre-ecstatic euphoria [of the shaman] constituted one of the universal sources of lyric poetry." - Mircea Eliade

"Poetic creation still remains an act of perfect spiritual freedom.  Poetry remakes and prolongs language;  every poetic language begins by being a secret language, that is, the creation of a personal universe, of a completely closed world."  - Mircea Eliade