“…the physical nature of faith is audible: how, if you ever get even a taste of it, you feel it in your bones. And in your extremities, and in your senses, and in your reflexes. Religious music that doesn’t convey this aspect of faith isn’t necessarily a failure; I’m not about to condemn Gregorian chant [...]
Love’s as warm as tears,
Love is tears:
Pressure within the brain,
Tension at the throat,
Deluge, weeks of rain,
Haystacks afloat,
Featureless seas between
Hedges, where once was green
Love’s as fierce as fire,
Love is fire:
All sorts–Infernal heat
Clinkered with greed and pride,
Lyric desire, sharp-sweet,
Laughing, even when denied,
And that empyreal flame
Whence all loves came.
Love’s as fresh as spring,
Love is spring:
Bird-song in the air,
Cool [...]
Bethlehem has opened Eden:
Come let us see!
We have found joy hidden!
Come, let us take possession of the paradise within the cave.
There the unwatered stem has appeared,
From which forgiveness blossoms forth!
There the undug well is found
Which David longed to drink of old!
There the Virgin has borne a child,
And at once the thirst of Adam and David [...]
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The Sacred Journey of
The Foolish Sage
sa·cred adj. Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose, or person
jour·ney n. The act of traveling from one place to another; a trip.
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