Mystical prayer
Subtitle: the poetic example of Emily Dickinson
By: Charles M. Murphy
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780814684702
Subjects: Religion; Symbolism; Religion and literature; History; Prayer
Description: "Emily Dickinson's writings are reintroduced as examples of mystical prayer in the light of Christian tradition and St. Teresa of Avila"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Reintroducing Emily Dickinson; title: Praying mystically. 'I dwell in possibility"; title: Conditions for mystical prayer; title: Solitude. "the soul selects her own society"; title: Asceticism. "The banquet of abstemiousness"; title: Place. "I see-New Englandly"; title: What brings us to prayer; title: The desire for love. "I cannot live with you"; title: The fear of death. "Safe in the alabaster chambers'; title: "My business is circumference".