At one time in my life I faced inner choices about how far to commit myself spiritually. I struggled to balance my eagerness for inner mystical experiences with ordinary outer life on earth here and now. I also wanted to leave my intellectual options open and tried to avoid facing the faith I had come to have. These poems reflect that inner debate. I should like to emphasise, though, that they are not about being “born again” in the sense of evangelical Christianity. In fact I doubt the usefulness of organised religions of any kind. I simply found that I had shifted imperceptibly from an agnostic position to one of complete faith in my own idea of God and that I felt ready to acknowledge this inner change to myself.