Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic ExperienceKaren Armstrong |
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Page 33
... show a similar delight in unintelligence that we noted with the cult of tongues . There is nothing holy about stupidity . The type of agnosticism that the mystic preaches demands , in fact , a good deal of intellectual maturity . The ...
... show a similar delight in unintelligence that we noted with the cult of tongues . There is nothing holy about stupidity . The type of agnosticism that the mystic preaches demands , in fact , a good deal of intellectual maturity . The ...
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... shows us the repressions of Christianity , repressions that can lead to the sickness and perversion des- cribed by M. G. Mainwaring . In Paradise Lost Milton insists that before the Fall , Adam and Eve certainly had sex , whatever the ...
... shows us the repressions of Christianity , repressions that can lead to the sickness and perversion des- cribed by M. G. Mainwaring . In Paradise Lost Milton insists that before the Fall , Adam and Eve certainly had sex , whatever the ...
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... shows how in passion man transcends his own individual feelings and joins the great universal emotions that are ineffable and cannot be ' divined ' or conceived . To abstract sexuality from life is impossible . D. M. Thomas shows this ...
... shows how in passion man transcends his own individual feelings and joins the great universal emotions that are ineffable and cannot be ' divined ' or conceived . To abstract sexuality from life is impossible . D. M. Thomas shows this ...
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