Faustian Echoes

 [Faust:] "So, still I seek the force, the reason governing life's flow, and not just its external show."

[Mephistopheles:] "The governing force? The reason? Some things cannot be known; they are beyond your reach even when shown."
[Faust:] "Why should that be so?"
[Mephistopheles:] "They lie outside the boundaries that words can address; and man can only grasp those thoughts which language can express."
[Faust:] "What? Do you mean that words are greater yet than man?"
[Mephistopheles:] "Indeed they are."
[Faust:] "Then what of longing? Affection, pain or grief? I can't describe these, yet I know they are in my breast. What are they?""
[Mephistopheles:] "Without substance, as mist is."
[Faust:] "In that case man is only air as well!"

Excerped from "Faustian Echoes" by Agalloch

Sowilo Rune

Who sleep shall, awake. .
Greeting the shadows from the sun.

Who sleep shall awake. .
Watching the thunder of our lives.

Waiting for the moment to arrive.
Show us the silence in the rise.

So that we may.
Someday understand...

Lord Summerisle: "Now, those children out there, they're jumping through the flames in the hope that the god of the fire will make them fruitful. Really, you can't blame them. After all, what girl would not prefer the child of a god to that of some acne-scarred artisan?"

Sergeant Howie: "And you encourage them in this?"

Lord Summerisle: "Actively! It's most important to teach new generation born of Summerisle be made aware that here the old gods aren't dead."

Sergeant Howie: "And what of the true God? To whose glory churches and monasteries have been built on these islands for generations past? Now shall what of Him?"

Lord Summerisle: "Oh, He's dead. He can't complain. He had his chance and in modern parlance. 
Blew it."

Agalloch

This Week: 27.5 km!

Well I extended my weekly tally to 27.5 km which was not a bombastic surprise but counts as a good progress. I fear i won't be able to reach this record next week.
I'm getting familiar with some faces who  are apparently early risers!  

Sat 3 Nov: 7.5 km
"Thula Borah" and "If These Trees Could Talk"

Monday 5 Nov: 7.5 km
"Les Discrets" and "God Is an Astronaut" 

Thursday 8 Nov: 5 km
"Agalloch"

Friday 9 Nov: 7.5 km
"Crippled Black Phoenix", "Hammock" and "This Will Destroy You"