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In English, it sounds just the same: a senseless string of words embued with some sense of mystique used to convince and tame you; to teach you follow and not lead; that first impulse is evil. If what you seek … Continue reading
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Tagged gurus, idols, lies, mumbo-jumbo, mysticism, spirituality, UG Krishnamurti
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The Element Book of Mystical Verse
Covering the poetic ground, so to speak, from the Vedas through Stevie Smith, this is a book that I picked up on a discount rack at Barnes and Noble about a year ago. Recently, I dug it off the shelf, … Continue reading
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Tagged art, books, history, mysticism, poems, reviews, spirituality, The Element Book of Mystical Verse
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Outside the Morphology of Poetics
For about two years, I have immersed myself in the classic forms of Poetry, forcing myself when I write to use common stanza forms with their dictates of rhyme and meter. I felt this was a necessary exercise to “formalize” … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Berklee, education, morphology, mysticism, poetics
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