Study Circle

In September, the Study Circle will seek the therapy found in T.S. Eliot’s poetic
work – The Four Quartets, published between 1936 and 1943. This was a difficult
time in history; perhaps we can find clarity and solace in Eliot’s philosophical
meditations. (The titles of the Quartets refer to localities. It is not clear to me
what their significance is.)
“Do not let me hear of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly,

Their fear of fear and frenzy, their fear of possession,
Of belonging to another, or to others, or to God.”

9/9/2025
Quartet No. 1: Burnt Norton
“The light is still
At the still point of the turning
world.”
9/16/2025
Quartet No. 2: East Coker
“Love is most nearly itself
When here and now cease to
matter.”

9/23/2025
Quartet No. 3: The Dry Salvages