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Singing the Way
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Singing the Way: Insights in Poetry and Spiritual Transformation
Singing the Way: Insights in Poetry and Spiritual Transformation
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Comparative Religion
Metaphysics
Poetry

Price:  $19.95

ISBN:  0-941532-74-7
Book Size:  6" x 9"
# of Pages:  240
Language:  English



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Singing the Way explores the relationship between poetry and true contemplation. Author Patrick Laude seeks first to disperse romantic notions of how the poetic process works, but goes on to suggest that it is inherently more profound than modern practitioners imagine. Laude tells us that in itself true poetry is "transformative" since it brings the soul and all its faculties under the catalytic “spell” of the sacred through the mediation of rhythm and the “lure” of imaginal and verbal beauty. Singing the Way illustrates its points through examples drawn from five rich spiritual and poetic traditions (viz. Hinduism, Sufism, China, Japan, and the European Neo-Platonic and Romantic current).
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Singing the Way explores the relationship between poetry and true contemplation. Author Patrick Laude seeks first to disperse romantic notions of how the poetic process works, but goes on to suggest that it is inherently more profound. Laude tells us that in itself true poetry is "transformative" since it brings the soul and all its faculties under the catalytic “spell” of the sacred through the mediation of rhythm and the “lure” of imaginal and verbal beauty. Singing the Way illustrates its points through examples drawn from five rich spiritual and poetic traditions (viz. Hinduism, Sufism, China, Japan, and the European Neo-Platonic and Romantic current).


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Patrick Laude

Patrick Laude is a writer, editor, professor, and researcher in the fields of language, literature, symbolism, and mysticism. He is a professor at Georgetown University, currently at their School of Foreign Service in Qatar. Laude's writings have been published in the US and Europe in numerous journals. Dr. Laude's extensive contributions to World Wisdom include:

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Table of Contents for Singing the Way

 

    Introduction

  1. Hindu Poetics: The Liberating Word

  2. Islam: Sufism and Poetry

  3. Lu Chi's Wen Fu: Poetry as Contemplation in the Chinese Classical Tradition

  4. Japanese Poetry: The Sketch of Metaphysical Perception

  5. Western Poetics: Inspiration, Self-Knowledge, and Spiritual Presence

    Conclusion

    Bibliography



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