This book does not run a straight course from beginning to end. It finds itself balking more than once at the same barrier and taking off on other trails. It drinks often from the same streams, and stumbles over some cruel country.
Every explorer needs provisions.
One does not forge into the wilderness alone. Yet few ever hear about base camps, the bearers, the incredible logistics involved in mounting an expedition. We admire the courage of the few who reach the summit, but we forget that the privilege of courage presupposes the preparation that distinguishes courage from foolish bravado. This book is an exploration, a series of log entries based on adventures in some little known lands of the intellect. Of course there are those who have gone before.