Strength In Trembling: Four Poems From The Margin, Including The Song Of The Gospel Ofthomas - Softcover

Van Cleef, Jabez L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438223463 ISBN 13: 9781438223469

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2008

Synopsis

Traditional cultures in many parts of the world have displayed a profound appreciation of the need for human beings to understand each other, leaving aside religious partisanship in a search for common understanding of the worldly, the transcendent, and the divine. Treasures of truth can still be found in texts which were once discarded. In these poems there is a search for a deeper and more musical understanding of religious texts which have been marginalized by established powers: the mysterious wisdom of the Gospel of Thomas, a collection of the sayings of Jesus; the passionate power of will in Judith; the simple charity of Walter Hilton's Song of Angels; and the all-embracing omniscience of Thunder, Perfect Mind: I am the one that you have despised, And still you reflect upon me. I am the one from whom you have hidden, And then you appear to me. But whenever you hide yourselves, I myself will appear.

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About the Author:

Jabez L. Van Cleef takes foundational texts from many oral traditions and religions and creates a common poetic format to preserve, promote and disseminate the values of these cultures. His work also promotes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other frameworks intended to foster full realization of human potential. Find out more at www.sustainyourspirit.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1438223463
• ISBN 13: 9781438223469
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146