Heraclitus once wrote that lightning is the lord of everything-a flash of magnanimity that inspires fear and reverence at once, begetting worlds and destroying them. Like a force of nature itself, the aphorism penetrates our intelligence with the steely allure of existence, casting us into an indeterminate dialogue with our environment and our greater selves. Here, in these Complete Fragments, we approach the world of experience through the selfsame sense of wonder and openness-a meditation on the implacable convergence of forces sustaining our lives.