Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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... reality by dissecting and analysing it away , so the great spiritual writers in all religions have made it clear that the intellect must be laid aside if the mystic is to attain that sense of unity with the ultimate Reality . This does ...
... reality by dissecting and analysing it away , so the great spiritual writers in all religions have made it clear that the intellect must be laid aside if the mystic is to attain that sense of unity with the ultimate Reality . This does ...
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... reality , than the historian or the scientist . Like the mystic he has a ' gift ' that other people have not . Like ... reality - as Adam dreamt of Eve and woke up to find her really beside him . Art , like religion , can provide a ...
... reality , than the historian or the scientist . Like the mystic he has a ' gift ' that other people have not . Like ... reality - as Adam dreamt of Eve and woke up to find her really beside him . Art , like religion , can provide a ...
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... Reality must always elude our intellectual concepts and boundaries , which can only limit us in ourselves and distort the true reality of God . Jewish mysticism is rather different from other religions , however , in that it is more ...
... Reality must always elude our intellectual concepts and boundaries , which can only limit us in ourselves and distort the true reality of God . Jewish mysticism is rather different from other religions , however , in that it is more ...
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