Singing the Way
Subtitle: Insights into Poetry & Spiritual Transformation (The Perennial Philosophy Series)
Publisher: World Wisdom
Published: April 25, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780941532747
Subjects: Spirituality - General; Religion; Religion - Classic Works; Biblical Studies - General; Christianity - Literature & the Arts; Religion / General; Inspirational & Religious; Religion and poetry; Bible - General
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.
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.