Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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... religious experience in poems by mystics and religious men of different faiths . Side by side with these religious poems there will be poems that are not specifically religious , but which show how closely the experience of the poet ...
... religious experience in poems by mystics and religious men of different faiths . Side by side with these religious poems there will be poems that are not specifically religious , but which show how closely the experience of the poet ...
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... religion based not so much on dogma and organiza- tion as on direct contact with God , which results in ecstatic inspiration . The result is harmony and understanding among men . However , the second form that man's religious bent takes ...
... religion based not so much on dogma and organiza- tion as on direct contact with God , which results in ecstatic inspiration . The result is harmony and understanding among men . However , the second form that man's religious bent takes ...
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An Anthology of Religious and Poetic Experience Karen Armstrong. Garden ' Marvell meditates not by communing with a reality outside himself , but by withdrawing into his mind like a yogin . Such creative meditation leads to an almost ...
An Anthology of Religious and Poetic Experience Karen Armstrong. Garden ' Marvell meditates not by communing with a reality outside himself , but by withdrawing into his mind like a yogin . Such creative meditation leads to an almost ...
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