AZSACRA, A POET, A PHILOSOPHER, A MAN by Prof. Moshé Liba

AZSACRA, A POET, A PHILOSOPHER, A MAN

Prof. Moshé Liba

You read his name AZsacra ZARATHRUSTRA, and you think: here is a Far east Asian wise man, an old sage, a guru. He is a Russian, an English speaking and writing young man, a researcher, a philosopher, a very different man from the image you have in mind.

You expect an old man, with a venerable long, white beard, and he is not only a young man, but a symbol of youth, a body builder, a strong, tall, powerful man.

You expect a long talk, complicated phrases, pages full of lessons of behaviour, of life, of beliefs, of man and man, of man and God, of God and man, of “know who you are and before who you stand”, of “know were are you coming from, and where are you going”, filling long pages of talking, of repeating, of teaching.

Open the books he has written, the books he is writing, and surprise: the pages look virgin, the written is short, more white than black, one, two words par line, three lines, repetition of the same word stressing the essential, it is poetry, these are Haiku.

Start reading his Haiku, and you are taken into another world, where each word has more meanings, many meanings, short and comprehensive. And you wonder: what meant the poet, is he writing another Bible? No doubt: he is writting in the short language of the Bible, the Old Bible, of the New Testament, of the Koran.

But he is writing the Far east Asian way, he says, like Lao-Tzu:

Plan of Sky

in Cry of

Earth

Yin

in the mask of

Bird

Yang

in the mask of

Beast

Dao and De

Rape

the Highest

exodus of

ants

to Chaos

hundred and forty

dragons of

power

weave

the tracery of

Chi

sleep!

sleep!

sleep!

…O go away from

the Filth of

Light!

AZsacra claims in short words, in sharp lines, in his swift Haiku, the eternal search of the mystery of the spirit, through what is considered a sensible medium: the poetry.

And then you realise: yes, he is a man and a poet like no other, because he is AZsacra ZARATHUSTRA.

Prof Moshé Liba