Address to the poets of Hungary.--Genius.--Arts and crafts.--The Bible in Europe.--Poetry and obscenity.--Godesses and obosoms.--The universal paradise.--Mushrooms and religion.--The two births of Dionysus.--What has gone wrong?--Rationality.--The Greek tradition.--Ovid and the libertines.--Birds and men.--The Kaiser's war. Fighting courage.--A soldier's honour.--The absentee fusilier.--The inner ear.--The pentagram of Isis.--Soloman's seal.--The heart shape.--The Sufic chequer-board.--The nine of diamonds.--Speaking freely.
Summary
The renowned poet and literateur discusses many aspects of twentieth-century life in these collected essays.
