Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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... kind of religious experience , feel much the same kind of scepticism and distaste as these people in Jerusalem . They may not accuse the mystic or the ecstatic of being drunk , but they may well think that he is hysterical or mentally ...
... kind of religious experience , feel much the same kind of scepticism and distaste as these people in Jerusalem . They may not accuse the mystic or the ecstatic of being drunk , but they may well think that he is hysterical or mentally ...
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... kind which most of them , certainly Martin , would have judged the higher was not like the one he had just known : instead , the higher kind was more like ( it was in my view the same as ) the experience that the mystics had described ...
... kind which most of them , certainly Martin , would have judged the higher was not like the one he had just known : instead , the higher kind was more like ( it was in my view the same as ) the experience that the mystics had described ...
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... kind of solitude , whether they live as literal hermits or by some kind of internal withdrawal . The first two poems in the section show the ' restlessness ' that is felt before ' God ' is encountered . The Sandpiper in Elizabeth ...
... kind of solitude , whether they live as literal hermits or by some kind of internal withdrawal . The first two poems in the section show the ' restlessness ' that is felt before ' God ' is encountered . The Sandpiper in Elizabeth ...
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