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Poetry, a Mystical Key to the Beyond

By Robin Bates | Published: July 13, 2019

spiritual Sunday I’ve recently been reading Alex Owen’s The Place of Enchantment: British Occultism and the Culture of the Modern, which is helping me better understand how poetry aids us in our search for God—or if that sounds too institutional, for the numinous. Owen focuses on the spiritual exploration underway at the turn of the […]

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A Long Day’s Journey into Mystery

By Robin Bates | Published: March 28, 2019

Friday I write today about a wonderful collection of mysterious poems by Xavier English professor Norman Finkelstein. Full disclosure requires me to state that Norman was my best friend when we were getting our doctorates at Emory University while honesty prompts me to add that large swatches of Norman’s poetry have always eluded me. Writing […]

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A Hermit of the Rocks, Wind & Mist

By Robin Bates | Published: May 25, 2014

R. S. Thomas’s powerful poem “Sea-Watching” compares waiting for the Holy Spirit with bird watching.

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