If anybody's interested, I think the poem was "Days".

Robert

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	From:	Meyer Robert K GS-9 99 CES/CECT
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	Yeah, the dizziness contributes to achieving a mystical ecstasy like
the
	exercises of yoga or Tai Chi.  I'm sure there is a famous poem about
	dervishes but I can't remember the title (I'm guessing it was by
Emerson).

	Robert

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		I've been told that the dance is 
		actually religious (and cosmological), 
		
		
		pat