| Description |
xi, 432 pages : music ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-429) and index. |
| Contents |
I. The journey : Introduction : Paradiso, canto 1 / Dante Alighieri -- from "The vision of Drythelm" in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People / St. Bede the Venerable -- from The Pilgrim's Progress / John Bunyan -- from A Journey from this World to the Next / Henry Fielding -- from Adonais / Percy Bysshe Shelley -- "How the weaver went to Heaven" -- from The Tibetan Book of the Dead -- "The far-off journey" -- from Memories, Dreams, Reflections / C.G. Jung. |
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Poems, prayers, and spells : "The Mithras liturgy," from The Greek Magical Papyri -- "Spell for ascending through the Heavens," from The Second Book of Jeu -- "Commendation of the soul," from The Book of the Craft of Dying -- "The passionate mans pilgrimage" / Sir Walter Ralegh -- Iroquois mother's lament, from League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee -- "The hobo's last lament," from Hobo News. |
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II. Lands of bliss : "Where is no more sea" / "Fysh" -- "Heaven" / Rupert Brooke -- "Rangi and Papatua" / Rupert Brooke -- "The first day," from The Legends of the Jews / Louis Ginzberg -- "The deluding of Gylfi," from The Prose Edda / Snorri Sturluson -- from The Sukhavativyuha Sutra -- from "The dream of Scipio," in On the Republic / Marcus Tullius Cicero -- "The celestial orchestra" / Howard Schwartz -- The passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity -- from Black Elk Speaks / John G. Neihardt -- from Experimental Investigation of the Spirit Manifestations / Robert Hare -- from The gates ajar / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. |
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III. The vision of God : Introduction : from Confessions / St. Augustine -- from La'ālī al-maṣnū'a / As-Suyuti -- from The Shi'ur Qomah -- from The Kausitaki Upanishad -- from The Sukhavativyuha Sutra -- Paradiso, canto 33 / Dante Alighieri -- from Sermon VIII on Romans 2:10 / Jonathan Edwards -- from A Romance of Two Worlds / Marie Corelli. |
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Songs of adoration : Pygmy hymn -- Psalm 104: 1-4 / Bible -- Ezekiel I / Bible -- Isaiah 6: 1-7 / Bible -- Revelation 4, 5 / Bible -- from the Hekhalot Rabbati -- from "An hymne of heavenly beautie" / Edmund Spenser -- "God is all in all" / John Henry Cardinal Newman. |
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IV. The celestial court : from The Iliad / Homer -- from The Celestial Hierarchy / Pseudo-Dionysius -- from The Vision of Adamnan -- from the Bhagavata Purana -- from Paradise Lost / John Milton -- from A Vision of Judgment / Robert Southey -- from The Vision of Judgment / George Gordon, Lord Byron -- from On the Fitness of the Glories of Mary / John Henry Cardinal Newman -- Assumption prayer / Pope Pius XII -- from The Man who was Thursday / G.K. Chesterton. |
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V. Heavenly society : Introduction : from Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven / Mark Twain -- from Heaven and its Wonders and Hell / Emanuel Swedenborg -- from The Land of Mist / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- from A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters / Julian Barnes -- "Concerning the heavenly joys of virgins," from The Book of the Rewards of Life / Hildegard of Bingen. |
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Tales of heavenly intercession : from Story of a soul / St. Thérèse of Lisieux -- "The window of paradise," from The Miracles of Our Lady Saint Mary / Evelyn Underhill -- "Elijah" / Louis Ginzberg -- "The spirit of the saints" / Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi. |
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VI. Heaven on earth : Introduction : from Phaedo / Plato -- from The Voyage of Bran / Plato -- from The Romance of the Rose / Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meun -- from Paradise Lost / John Milton -- from the Bhagavata Purana -- from "The knowledge-bearing messenger" / Rinpung Ngawang Jigdag -- from Centuries / Thomas Traherne -- "A leaf from Heaven" / Hans Christian Andersen -- from the preface to Théorie de l'unité universelle / Charles Fourier -- from "What makes a life significant" / William James. |
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Songs and poems : "An invitation to Lubberland" -- "Prayer" / George Herbert -- "The angel" / Mikhail Lermontov -- "Simple gifts" / Shaker song -- "Heavenly display" / Shaker song. |
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VII. New Heaven, new earth : Introduction : "Belief," from Legends of the Hasidim -- "On the sea," from In the Heart of the Seas / Shmuel Yosef Agnon -- Daniel 12: 1-3 / Bible -- Isaiah 65: 17-25 / Bible -- I Corinthians 15: 35-54 / Bible -- Revelation 21: 1-4 / Bible -- Sura 55: 37-78 / Qu'ran -- from the Bundahishn -- Report on the ghost dance, from James Mooney, The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 / George Sword -- from The City of God / St. Augustine -- from The Last Battle / C.S. Lewis. |
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Songs and poems : "Easter-day" / Henry Vaughan -- "Easter hymn" / Henry Vaughan -- "At the round earths imagin'd corners, blow..." / John Donne -- "In that great getting-up morning" / Spiritual -- "I'll hear the trumpet sound" / Spiritual. |
| Subject |
Heaven -- Literary collections.
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| Added Author |
Zaleski, Carol.
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Zaleski, Philip.
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| ISBN |
0195119339 alkaline paper |
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9780195119336 alkaline paper |
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