Wisdom Sings the World

by Thorpe, Doug

• ISBN13: 9781930337558
• ISBN10: 1930337558
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-15
• Publisher: Codhill Press

Summary

Wisdom, this book argues, is found in the poetry of things.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
Introduction: Poetry of Dwelling	p. 6
Dwelling in Chaos	p. 19
Interlude: "All things counter, original, spare, strange..."	p. 36
Eden of the Imagination	p. 41
Interlude: The Tree of Life	p. 58
The Song of Songs: Wisdom Sings the World through Beauty	p. 63
The Wisdom of The Odyssey	p. 73
Jerusalem and the Promised Land	p. 85
"The land is not able to bear his words:" Israel/Palestine and the War over Living Waters	p. 110
Chartres, The Labyrinth and Dante: The Mother Sings us Home	p. 133
Alchemy and the Grail: Vessels of Wisdom	p. 159
The Rhythm of Things: Mandalas, Sandpaintings, Modern Art	p. 175
Leslie Silko's Ceremony and the Grail	p. 189
Finding the Grail in Ceremony and The Brothers Karamazov	p. 200
Conclusion: A New Heaven and a New Earth	p. 208
Appendix: A Taste of Wisdom: Education, Theory and Contemplation	p. 211
Index	p. 236
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