William Butler (WB) Yeats (1865-1939) is an acclaimed Irish poet and the winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature. He said, "The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write." That statement takes shape in this, one of the last poems in his life. In this episode, I explore Yeats complicated and checkered past, and show the kind of fruit borne in the lives of those who practice mystical and occult arts. And I highlight the differences between the results of a life lived for self, and that lived for something far beyond the self.  MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST "A Dialogue of Self and Soul" by WB Yeats Historical Notes on the Jacob Biscuit Factory Bust of Major John MacBride THE RENAISSANCE OF MEN https://www.renofmen.com https://www.instagram.com/renofmen/ https://twitter.com/renofmen