Building Castles In the Sky

Poet's Notes
(Show)

Become a Premium Member and post notes and photos about your poem like Kai Michael Neumann.


Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach was a German Philosopher (1804 -1872) who was influenced, among others by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In a very small nut shell he proposed that God did not create humans according to his image, but that humans created God according to their image of for example benevolence.

To extimate in psychology and philosophy means to not introject without reflection what belongs outside, but to push it back to where it belongs as not to be governed too much by outside influence.

A panjandrum is a person who has or claims to have a great deal of authority.

Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach Or What Is in A Name
 
When building Babylonian Towers with the Lego of our minds we construct 
                 our world and worlds our truths and meanings our dreams and projections of 
what there should be ingenious forsaken in our journey towards scraping our sky

A fortress stands tall towers lo and below the identity kit with customs and
            instructions culture roles norms and rules as prison or shelter guidance or plight

~ Hlud ~ is the famous and ~ Wig ~ is the War in so such less known meaning in the 
      name of mortals the name of The Lord living on forever and a day or never unbound

~ Andreas ~ the manly and brave one who rejects the paradigm’s dogma he who takes
                  on the Kingdom of Heaven as it governs us earthlings as offsprings of power

Of aristocratic privilege ~ von ~ bestowed by the secular sovereign working 
                  hand in hand sort of power sharing accommodating the cross and the sword

~ Feuer ~ the fire and ~ Bach ~ the small stream of the water maybe the flow of 
              subconscious realm of living upriver the swirl of the name both hot and dry like
blazing convection conviction melting existing beliefs of the times and yet cold 
                    and wet like the showering rainstorms with thunder and lightening flooding
locks weirs barrages and dams of damnation of Church religion in incipient torrent

        ~ God ~ Ludwig posits is the outward projection of human’s benevolent wishes and
there fore them building the castle and not the fortified palace creating the living

         A panjandrum exposed reconfigured as the Saviour corresponds in every aspect to 
some feature in human nature and is created in our image not some other way 
      round and yes we strive for benevolence without which there there can not be a God

So what castles then do we want to build in the topmost realms in the sky beyond all
           those cumulus clouds the ramifications of faith obfuscations of dominant guidance
good ethics and virtues the ether of essence dialectics of wheeling and dealing with life

God has no separate existence from humans and the creator remains part of creation
     and creation remains part of the creator but who plays with the Lego and who are the 
bricks to be shuffled and stacked along with whose wishes and walled 
          trenches who guards which trapdoors and pitfalls false bottoms in whatever minds

Its all in a name and my personal castles are intimate and faithful and I prefer
                to ‘extimate’ what belongs outside do not wish to be told what I’m longing for
for my home is my castle and the sky is the limit

02nd November 2016

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 1/19/2017 2:37:00 AM
It'seems incredible to learn about him and his name. And to see it all put in perspective. How Feuer und Bach are so complementary yet opposite. I love this... It makes my brain rotate.
Login to Reply
Date: 1/4/2017 6:22:00 PM
Such interesting, deep thoughts, Kai. I truly enjoyed reading this and congratulate you for your well-deserved podium win! Sandra
Login to Reply
Date: 1/4/2017 2:07:00 PM
Well done great work x
Login to Reply
Date: 1/4/2017 7:49:00 AM
Kai, congratulations on your win hugs Eve
Login to Reply
Date: 1/4/2017 12:53:00 AM
A very interesting dialogue about faith and religion, Kai. Congrats on your placement!
Login to Reply
Neumann Avatar
Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 1/4/2017 2:22:00 AM
Thank you very much for your kind comment. I learnt about Feuerbach way back in school and now I begin to understand him. Many wishes, Kai
Get a Premium Membership
Get more exposure for your poetry and more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Reflection on the Important Things

Member Area

My Admin
Profile and Settings
Edit My Poems
Edit My Quotes
Edit My Short Stories
Edit My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder

Soup Social

Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us

Member Poems

Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread

Member Poets

Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest

Famous Poems

Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100

Famous Poets

Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War

Poetry Resources

Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter