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Messenger of the Heart: The Book of Angelus Silesius
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The timeless wisdom embedded in these humble rhymes is beautifully echoed by the observations of the ancient Zen masters which punctuate the text, and in the haiku-like drawing by Frederick Franck. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0394716418
ISBN13:9780394716411
Release Date:January 1976
Publisher:Random House (NY)
Length:145 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
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Meeting of Eastern and Western Mysticism through Poetry
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From back cover: "Readers of Frederick Franck's 'The Zen of Seeing' will share his delight in discovering the Western mysticism of 17th-century poet, Angelus Silesius, who described his four days and nights of illumination in 'The Cherubinic Wanderer.' Franck has translated and transcribed in calligraphy more than half of these exquisitely simple verses, which are the most accessible and articulate expression of pure mystical illumination that any Westerner has bequeathed to us since Hildegard of Bingen. Franck shows how the verses of the Silesian poet form a bridge between Eastern and Western mysticism by providing a running commentary of observations by the ancient Zen masters of China and Japan."
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