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Title: The Soul Aflame: A Modern Book of Hours by Phil Cousineau, Eric Lawton ISBN: 1-57324-186-5 Publisher: Conari Pr Pub. Date: 28 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful collection across cultures
Comment: This is an amazing collection of thoughts, poems that really touch the soul, spirit and look deeply at questions like What are we, why are we here? Sources for the poems/prose include Wordsworth, Einstein, Yeats, Ellie Wiesel, Buddah, Longfellow, Aretha Franklin, Martin Luther King Jr. and more from across the world. From the poems and narration tucked away in the introduction to the individual passages running through the hours Sunday through Saturday, there are wonderful words to ponder and amazing photographs that accompany each moment.
At the very end of the book is an afterward of sorts entitle Becoming the Circle where the author concludes the book with : "What is life? What do we leave behind, that can't be worn down by wind, or time, or fire? It is the trace we leave on memory."
What an amazing book.
Rating: 5
Summary: a little book of peaceful inspiration
Comment: This is a beautiful lightweight little book, divided into seven days, Sunday through Saturday. Each day has a two-page spread for the traditional hours of prayer/meditation: midnight/matins, sunrise/lauds, 6 am/prime, 9 am/terce, noon/sext, 3 pm/none, sunset/vespers and 9 pm/compline. Each spread features, on the left page, one or two quotations or poems about the soul, our relationship to nature, etc. These inspirational thoughts come from philosophers, poets, novelists and many others, and the name, nationality and dates of birth and death are given. The right page contains a small picture with the location identified.
This book is very similar to The Soul of the World by the same collaborators and published in 1993. This volume is a little bigger, being about 7 inches square. Though the setup is the same, the quotes are different and the pictures here tend to feature people rather than natural settings.
This book is lovely for yourself or as a gift to someone who is troubled or in need of solace or inspiration. It's a way to reconnect with those ideas and thoughts that you used to have but so often get pushed aside when one begins to worry about career, mortgage, totalitarian governments and all the rest.
Find some peace. Find this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A book created with great care
Comment: A high quality book, the kind of book that feels good just to hold. Inside are dozens of inspirational poems, quotes and passages and an equal number of beautiful color photos from around the world. The author begins with the wisdom of Buddha, Sarah Vaughan and Emerson, and expands from there. Books of inspirational quotes are not new, and books of inspirational photos are not new. This book matches the best of both. Opening the book at random: "It's not the earthquake/That controls the advent of a different life/But storms of generosity/And visions of incandescent souls" -- Boris Pasternak
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Title: Soul: An Archaeology: Readings from Socrates to Ray Charles by Phil Cousineau ISBN: 0062502433 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Soul of the World: A Modern Book of Hours by Phil Cousineau, Eric Lawton ISBN: 0062510045 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Wonders of Solitude by Dale Salwak, Dale Salwalk ISBN: 1577310268 Publisher: New World Library Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Sacred Earth: Writers on Nature & Spirit by Jason Gardner ISBN: 1577310683 Publisher: New World Library Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred by Phil Cousineau, Huston Smith ISBN: 1573245097 Publisher: Conari Pr Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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