TtR --Yes. I do tend intellectualize things a lot. It's been my mode of working for as long as I can remember.
Um... do you mean "overwrought with personal [supplication]" or "personal *supposition*"? (The former means a form of prayer, the latter means making assumptions about things).
No matter, either way you may be right. I've had very intense dreams with the White Mare Goddess recently, and I may be searching her out in my waking time where she doesn't walk.
But that is why there are scholars *and* singers in this world. Reminds me of an Irish proverb I came across on the Web:
"There are two versions to every story, twelve arrangements to every song, and twenty-two exceptions to every rule of grammar!" ;-)