Wei, I would again direct your attention to the poem known as The Tree. The poem is, as I wrote in an earlier posting, the ur-statement of Pound's awakening to the world of myth and archetype, and the poem is most important for a fuller understanding of the role that myth and religious experience play in the Cantos and in Pound's thought generally. The line "I stood still" is _not_ merely metaphorical, but a reference to an archetypal experience. The "light" that runs as a leitmotiv throughout Pound's works has its origin in the events recounted in this poem. Again, Pound sought and found corroboration of this experience in many places, and his ability to recognize the experience in all of its various manifestations lies at the heart of his syncretism and eclecticism. Tim Romano