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Tag: mysticism

Featured Poetry

Matthew Kohut – Letter to St. John of the Cross

February 19, 2023February 16, 2023 Nicholas Trandahl

In Matthew Kohut's "Letter to St. John of the Cross", nine concise lines are illuminated with unity, to the canticle of "i dissolving".

Tagged community, growth, mysticism, Poem, poet, Poetry, together, togetherness, unification, UnityLeave a comment
Martin Buber
Book Bits

The Glimpse of Eternity – Martin Buber and Our Relationship With The Divine

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 Vanessa Able

One of the central themes of the work of the Jewish mystical philosopher Martin Buber was the question of understanding our relation to God.

Tagged existentialism, Experience, God, jewish philosophy, Judaism, mysticism, relationship, separationLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Pamela Denyes – The Fog of October

October 24, 2021October 28, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

The Fog of October is Pamela Denyes' call to the wild, an invitation to look beneath the surface of the mundane--to the mysticism beyond the veil.

Tagged autumn, awareness, change, growth, mystic, mysticism, nature, nature writing, path, Poem, Poetry, wild, wildnessLeave a comment
TS Eliot
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T.S. Eliot – East Coker from Four Quartets

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 Vanessa Able

T.S. Eliot's epic Four Quartets embodies a mystical vision of human life, time and memory sourced from Christianity and eastern philosophy.

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Ibn Arabi
Book Bits

Eighteen Thousand Universes Through Eighteen Thousand Eyes

July 6, 2020November 23, 2022 Vanessa Able

Ibn Arabi was a 13th century mystic, poet and philosopher in the Islamic tradition. He lived between Spain and North Africa and produced a prodigious and varied output during his lifetime.

Tagged Dogen, gnosticism, Ibn Arabi, Islam, manifestation, mysticism, perfection, philosophy, rational thought, selfhood, Sufi, Universe, ZhuangziLeave a comment
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- BOOK BITS -

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    "After Weeks Without Rain in Northwest Ohio" by poet Judy Mathews is an offering or a prayer to the natural blessings of a place.
  • Erika Seshadri – Eviction Notice
    As gently as the narrator of the poem relocates a spider, Erika Seshadri carefully places her quiet poem "Eviction Notice" at our feet.
  • Nancy Hamilton – The Door Opened
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