COMPLETE CHRISTIAN MYSTICAL POEMS of TERESA of AVILA & JOHN of the CROSS.

COMPLETE CHRISTIAN MYSTICAL POEMS of TERESA of AVILA & JOHN of the CROSS. New Rhyming Translations & Introductions by Paul Smith .Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) along with John of the Cross and Francis of Assisi is considered one of the greatest Christian Mystics to have existed. She has left us not only her extraordinary life full of visions and miracles and the reformation of the Carmelite order, that was joined by John of the Cross... many times under threat of death but she was still able to produce her amazing Autobiography, hundreds of letters and two masterpieces on the spiritual path ‘The Way of Perfection’ and ‘The Interior Castle’. Lesser known are her 36 wonderful poems, translated here in a new rhyming edition with an introduction on her life, works and poetry and a selected bibliography... included are many of her short but profound Maxims, There is an Appendix on her Poetry.John of the Cross (1542-1591) along with Francis of Assisi and Teresa of Avila was one of the three most important Christian Mystical poets. His ‘Dark Night of the Soul’ (a description of his escape from prison and from the influence of the form and subtle spheres into the constant sight of the One, that led to descriptions of that One in all his following works remains influential in the west and east even today. For many years writers such as Miguel Asin Palacios and recently Michael McClain have put forward many strong arguments that John was influenced by the Sufis of Spain at that time and earlier, including Rumi. All his poems in the correct beautiful rhyming form in Spanish and English. Selected Bibliography. Appendix on other translations. Large Print and large Format, 379 pages. Comments on Paul Smith’s Translation of Hafiz’s ‘Divan’. “It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished.” Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. “Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith.” Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator into Persian and knower of Hafiz’s Divan off by heart. “I was very impressed with the beauty of these books.” Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, ‘Attar, Sana’i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu’in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Bedil, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Shah Latif, Bulleh Shah, Iqbal, Ghalib Jigar, Seemab, Baba Farid, Abu Nuwas Ibn ‘Arabi and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children’s books and screenplays. NEW HUMANITY BOOKS amazon.com/author/smithpa
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