Luther Askeland

luther-askeland-150dpiLuther Askeland (1941–2006) was a philosopher and woodworker who lived in Welch, Minnesota. His essays and translations appeared in journals such as Studia Mystica, Cross Currents, and Continuum.

"I know of myself that I sometimes require, and may then spontaneously conjure up, an image of tranquillity and strength, someone who seems to move through decisions, events, and time as effortlessly as a fish coasts, after one causal sweep of its tail, through the water."
~ Luther Askeland, from Ways in Mystery
"As we begin like a hatching chick to break out of our customary descriptions, explanations, and evaluations—out of all our "comprehension"—of our acts and lives, and as we then begin to discern and abide within their action's mystery, we might be said to have "progressed" beyond the assumptions and habits which led us earlier to construct a remote dualistically conceived ideal of mystical action. That advance is twofold. Read more...