WHAT IS IT?

THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
WHY ARE YOU BRINGING THIS UP—
YOU MIGHT ASK—

IT'S ABOUT THAT NIGHT
CELEBRATING THE MEANING
OF THAT NIGHT.
THE MYSTERY
WHAT IT CAN MEAN FOR YOU
DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT
HOW GENEROUS IS YOUR HEART ON THIS TOPIC?
TOPIC OF CHRIST.

WELL /
FIRST OFF I SAW THE CHRISTMAS MOVIES
CHRISTMAS CAROL—ABOUT SCROOGE

YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING

"EVERY YEAR WE'D OPEN PRESENTS—WE'D CELEBRATE FOR JESUS' BIRTH AT OUR LOCAL HOUSE OF CHRISTIAN WORCHIP—"

"THE SNOW WOULD FALL SOME YEARS, AND WE'D BE COZY BY THE FIRE"

IF THAT'S YOUR CHRISTMAS MEMORY, THEN I'M ON YOUR PAGE.

// DON'T GO FOR COMMON, EVERYDAY CHRISTMAS —
// GO FOR OLD CHRISTMAS, ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS.

YOUR WITNESS IN ME: "I SAW", YOU SAID.
we was a'CELEBRATIN' THAT MYSTERY—

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MYSTERY IS?

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.
DO I WANT TO KNOW?
MAYBE NOT—

PERHAPS IT'S NOT TO KNOW
I CAN FEEL IT.
IT FEELS MYSTERIOUS.
I CAN SENSE THAT SOMETHING IS A MYSTERY.

AFOOT, SOMETHING IS AFOOT.
MEANING THAT IT'S PRESENT AND IT'S IN ACTION.
LIKE IT'S IN MOVEMENT—
STATES OF MYSTERY / PASSING STATES / OF THE PRESENCE OF
WHAT IS IT?
IT'S MOVIEING INSIDE.

MY SENSE OF IT USING PARTS OF MY MIND / (ARE THEY ANCIENT PARTS?)

NODES OF THE BRAIN
BEYOND PREDATORS AND THOUGHTS OF SEX AND MEALS——

WHAT SENSES MOVE MY HEART WITHIN ME THUS?

MAYBE THESES ARE GOD'S NODES
GOD'S SUBTLE NODES
HE BUILT INTO MAN'S BRAIN TO LET HIMSELF BE RECOGNIZED
IF NOT BY FORMAL THOUGHT / (FORMAL SCIENTIFIC, ANALYTIC CHANNELS OF THOUGHT, NO—)
BUT TO BE REVEALED IN THE NIGHTTIME OF MAN'S THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
(CHRISTMAS NIGHT?)
THROUGH A SENSE PERCEPTION SO VAGUE AND DIFFICULT, AND YET REAL AS ALL GET OUT—
REAL AS ALL

WHAT DO YOU FEEL.

THESE ARE THE THOUGHTS THAT MIGHT OCCUR TO A MAN.

WHEN A MAN IS PRAYING FOR CHRISTMAS TO COME AGAIN—
A MAN KNOWS
HE NEEDS A TOUCH OF THAT MYSTERY
WHEN A MAN IS FEELING LIKE HE NEEDS INDULGENCE WITH A SENSE
OF MYSTERY OF BEING ALIVE.