WISE MEN SENSE THE FORTHCOMING

         …for gods perceive the future,

         most people perceive what takes place now,

         and wise men sense approaching events.

                   Philostratos, “Life of Apollonius of Tyana” viii, 7.

People know what is happening now.

The gods know future events, only they

have complete possession of the light.

But wise men can sense what is coming.

Sometimes their hearing is disturbed

during a time of serious contemplation.

The mysterious roar of upcoming

events reaches them. And they pay attention

to it with reverence. While outside in the street,

the people hear nothing at all.