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THE SHAMBHALA ANTHOLOGY OF WOMEN'S SPIRITUAL
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The Shambhala Anthology of Women's
Spiritual Poetry.
Aliki Barnstone. Published by
Shambhala in 2002.
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The Shambhala Anthology of Women's
Spiritual Poetry celebrates the unique
spiritual life of women through a rich
selection of poetry written over the
past four thousand years, from
thirty-six different languages and
cultures. It ranges from verse by the
first recorded poet, a Sumerian
priestess named Enheduanna (circa 2,300
BCE), to Anne Sexton; from early
Buddhist nuns to Emily Dickinson; from
Hildegard of Bingen to Tess Gallagher.
Many of the translations are from
distinguished authors and poets, such as
Coleman Barks, Samuel Beckett, Stanley
Kunitz, W. S. Merwin, Kenneth Rexroth,
Arthur Waley, and Richard Wilbur.
In this book (originally published as
Voices of LighT), the spiritual impulse
is expressed broadly as a visionary
quest toward self-realization, as well
as the desire for union with God, with
the source of divine light, with a
mystic lover, or with the source of
nature. Many of the poets here also
remind us that the spiritual is within
everyone and unites us through empathy
with the suffering and joy of others—a
poetry of witness.
Contributors include:Anne Bradstreet,
Sappho, Sylvia Plath, Hildegard of
Bingen, Yosano Akiko, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, Tess Gallagher, Anne Sexton,
Beatrice of Nazareth, Carolyn Forché,
Mary: Mother of Jesus, Denise Levertov,
Emily Dickinson, H.D., Linda Hogan,
Charlotte Brontë, Louise Erdrich,
Lucille Clifton, Anna Akhmatova,
Marianne Moore, Mechthild of Magdeburg,
Praxilla, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and
many others.
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