Music of the Sky Format: Paperback

The short poems in this book reflect the spiritual insights of some of the greatest poets, saints, and sages known to Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Native American traditions.

Barry McDonald’s approach to the world’s religions has been formed by a combination of academic study and first-hand contact with various sacred traditions throughout the world. In 1973 he spent six months in the Middle East, which initiated an ongoing study of the world’s great religions, followed by travels to Asia, North Africa, Europe, and the American West. He was closely associated with Frithjof Schuon for almost 20 years. Thomas Yellowtail, the venerable Crow medicine man and Sun Dance chief, adopted McDonald into the Crow tribe. Mr. McDonald has edited Every Branch in Me: Essays on the Meaning of Man (World Wisdom, 2002), and Seeing God Everywhere: Essays on Nature and the Sacred (World Wisdom, 2003). His poetry has appeared in such journals as CrossCurrents, Sacred Web, and Sufi.

Patrick Laude is Professor of French at Georgetown University and the author of numerous articles, translations, and books on the relationship between mysticism, symbolism and literature. His works include studies of important spiritual figures such as Jeanne Guyon, Simone Weil, Louis Massignon, and Frithjof Schuon. Professor Laude’s most recent book is Singing the Way: Insights in Poetry and Spiritual Transformation, forthcoming with World Wisdom in 2005