Shelf Portrait

The good folks at The Richler Library Project at Concordia University have shared my “Shelf Portrait,” a brief piece on my home library. The essay ranges over the contents, organization, and use of my books and includes a few, choice pictures.
One addendum, mind you: the photo of a sample of my ufological library, is hardly of “Works on cosmicism, astrology[?!], and space exploration, among other celestial subjects“!—It’s all about UFOs and related matters from a wide variety of angles!
You can read my Shelf Portrait, here. Why not browse all the others, here?
Much gratitude to Jason Camlot, scholar, poet, and musician, for soliciting the piece.

Always thought you had great taste in books. I remember borrowing a copy of Jung’s Psychology and Alchemy many years ago. I probably never read it (I was much more interested in the mystical-aesthetic mumbo-jumbo side of it), but I remember being very impressed that you had it. Regarding that quote on Eco, I agree that the majority of books are corals in an intellectual reef, not notches on a bedpost, but I also see the value in decluttering (briefly, before inevitably re-cluttering). It’s a way to look with a new set of eyes on old relics, decide what the foundation is actually made of, regardless of the fads, follies and fancies we are in thrall to at the moment. Anyway, great post (and pics!)