Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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An Anthology of Religious and Poetic Experience Karen Armstrong. poet resembles the mystic very closely . He is more directly involved with the un - rational , or rather with alternative ' visions ' of reality , than the historian or the ...
An Anthology of Religious and Poetic Experience Karen Armstrong. poet resembles the mystic very closely . He is more directly involved with the un - rational , or rather with alternative ' visions ' of reality , than the historian or the ...
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... poet's vision is compared to the religious fanatic or dogmatist who ' weaves a paradise for a sect ' . The true poet is ' sage ' and ' physician ' of mankind . Not all poets have a climactic experience of vocation . Their calling ...
... poet's vision is compared to the religious fanatic or dogmatist who ' weaves a paradise for a sect ' . The true poet is ' sage ' and ' physician ' of mankind . Not all poets have a climactic experience of vocation . Their calling ...
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... poet to vision . Just as the religious man is never lonely , neither should the poet be . He should love the world , however solitary he is , not turn from it in hatred . There is clearly an overlap in the experience of both poets and ...
... poet to vision . Just as the religious man is never lonely , neither should the poet be . He should love the world , however solitary he is , not turn from it in hatred . There is clearly an overlap in the experience of both poets and ...
Contents
Genesis | 20 |
From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | 38 |
Heal me my | 40 |
Copyright | |
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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