Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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... experience is the rule , not the exception . It is not reserved for a select few ; even despised castes - slaves and women - will experience it . Today , born - again Christian , Pentecostal and charismatic sects have mushroomed in all ...
... experience is the rule , not the exception . It is not reserved for a select few ; even despised castes - slaves and women - will experience it . Today , born - again Christian , Pentecostal and charismatic sects have mushroomed in all ...
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... experience of the poet mirrors experiences that we usually label religious . Somebody with religious faith may see ... experience , any more than there is in the poetic . I am not a poet . I cannot imagine myself ever hauling a poem up ...
... experience of the poet mirrors experiences that we usually label religious . Somebody with religious faith may see ... experience , any more than there is in the poetic . I am not a poet . I cannot imagine myself ever hauling a poem up ...
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... experience today is understandable . People seem tired of the formalism and anachronism of a lot of organized religion , but not every experience is a good one . Alongside other ' religious ' phenomena like the stigmata they can be not ...
... experience today is understandable . People seem tired of the formalism and anachronism of a lot of organized religion , but not every experience is a good one . Alongside other ' religious ' phenomena like the stigmata they can be not ...
Contents
Genesis | 20 |
From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | 38 |
Heal me my | 40 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
beauty beloved birds breath Camelot canst CHARLES CAUSLEY Christ Christian comfort CZESLAW MILOSZ D. H. LAWRENCE dark David Goldstein death divine doth dream earth ecstasy eternal eyes face fear feel fire flame GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS glory green hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven holy Hopkins Lady of Shalott light live look Lord meditation mind moon MOSES IBN EZRA mysterious mystic nature never night o'er pain Paradise peace Penguin Peter Levi poem poet poetic poetry prayer pure R. A. Nicholson R. S. THOMAS reality religion religious experience rose round sense shadow shine sight silence sing sleep solitude SOLOMON IBN GABIROL song soul speak spirit stars Sufi sweet tell thee things thou art thought thro tongue Transcending translated by David tree vision vocation voice WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings Wordsworth