Singing the Way
Insights into Poetry & Spiritual Transformation (The Perennial Philosophy Series)
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Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8442040M
- ISBN-139780941532747
- ISBN-100941532747
- OCLC Control Number57208636
- OCLC Control Numbersingingwayinsigh00laud
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004028850
- Goodreads456336
- LibraryThing2010229
Classifications
- LCCPN1077 .L38 2005
Description
"The central theme of this study of the intricately woven subject of poetry and spiritual transformation is the loss of sacred knowledge which accompanies the debasement of poetry. This work underlines the primordial richness of language by focusing upon the spiritual qualities of poetic expression, which serve to bridge the human and the Divine. Ranging across topics as diverse as Hindu poetics, Sufism and poetry, Shamanistic chant, poetry as contemplation in the Chinese classics, direct perception of reality in Japanese haiku, and inspiration in Western poetry, this book directs us to the farthest reaches of language, where word and silence merge in the ineffable Reality of God."--Jacket.
First Sentence
When discussing the philosophy and the methods of Hindu poetics, it is important at the outset to situate poetry within its anthropological and spiritual context.
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