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Poems of thoughtful feeling. Not to be read for the magic of the rhyme, or for the form of the content but line by line, as though each line might…
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These poems were originally written within the body of the essay: Poetry and Technique, where they illustrate particular points of development within the argument of that text. Nonetheless they may…
These essays were written over a period of several years and are not presented here in chronological order. They are research essays inasmuch as they break some new ground while…
Poems on the theme of renunciation surrender and loss, drawn from a period of several year.
These two essays were originally written in German, along with twenty others on similar topics, in 1994, by the author and then translated by him into English in 2018. They…
The purpose of works like the present is to help those who Wish to come into the light of day - who desire the realization Of their highest hopes in…
Keep in mind that not all poems are made to please. Some are cobbled together to afford you a little ease. Some are an amalgam of stuff and form, Carefully…
Nerve energy, more commonly known as nervous energy, resulting from initially unavoidable resistance to our elemental environment, is to draw our attention to the wonder of world-experience. If we fail…
Some of the notions touched on in this book: 1 Intelligence and the dynamic of organic affection in the interest of quickness, well-being and ease. 2 The Messiah and modern…
Das Schoenste von Allem. Neunzehn wohluberlegte, sinvolle Verse.
Several parents, after a lighthearted exchange of opinion on the subject, came to the conclusion that they really knew precious little about the kind of education they wanted for their…
Three groups of poems - 1. Sonnets of Nearness, 2. Oh Spirit that Heals and Delights and 3. The Graceful Moment. Twenty-eight poems in celebration of human growth. These poems…
"From unity through duality to the oneness of two: this is the shape of the element." "Elementary substance goes into production with the advent of love." What is eventually worked…
Einundsiebzig kurze Gedichte die verstandiges Lesen belohnen.
For those who know how to behave in the presence of the poetic spirit. -
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As human beings we develop and evolve. Poets have the gift to make this…
Neunundachtzig kurze Gedichte die verstandiges Lesen belohnen.
These little essays document my thought during a time when I participated in the daily work of a school and had diverse opportunities for acquainting myself with the concerns and…
The author recommends these at times rather difficult essays to anyone who can no longer quite come to terms with the demands of his human nature in our present cultural…
This is contemporary wisdom literature in verse. The main theme is the cooperation of gifted human nature with divine art. The reader is invited into the process of human development…
This novel is not modern but contemporary. The main theme of it is the mystery of human resurrection. Right from the 'popular' Preamble, which seems to have nothing to do…
Fantasy, invention, personal experience - a sense of the absurd - all these play a role, separately or in combination. Taken as a whole, they are not a collection but…
Short prose pieces, stimulating, thought provoking, good fun!
The love that informs these sonnets is not romantic-sentimental but that which makes life possible and always again new.
This book is a novel inasmuch as it encompasses the New Life, as based principally on good will and unconditional love. Not characters depict traits but persons play roles. The…
These sonnets were written over a period of several years, mostly in order to deal productively with problematic states of mind or heart but also as vehicles for acquiring wisdom…
What the author would like to show in these 16 sequential tales is how erotic spirit, Eros, merges with human being. They are carefully composed and from the first to…
Invention, imagination, thought - to discipline our hearts, enlarge our vision and enliven our spirit. These 16 tales are written in sequence and are best read that way.
This is a lighthearted confession by an elderly man as he looks back on his life and then discovers the last stage of it, which in fact is not a…
The desire to be what we are holds the kernel of our inquiry into conduct, in comparison to simply being what we are, which allows for no inquiry and any…
127 items of verse - for example: A Proposition A ruined city, a costly war - But a bright sky, no fireworks, now, Though you fret to be back in…
This is an essay in practical creative philosophy. No attempt is made to link up with any school of thought and the style is not academic but more after the…
The pathos of modern life and beyond, the pain due to modern existence - described in several of its guises and disguises. These are interesting, often colourful stories that allow…
An orphan boy kills an interfering priest. As a result a great number of human relationships are changed. Of especial interest is the role friendship plays - or refuses to…
These fairly short stories are lighthearted, a little bit thought-provoking and while fantasy here and there plays a role, they are not 'fantastic', in terms of magic, mayhem and monsters…
89 Poems for pleasure - all written within a period of six months and reflective of intimate personal development during that time.
It should be possible sensibly to compare philosophy and religion. If the former is love of knowledge then the latter is love of god and fellow man. In terms of…
Poetry that unites thought and feeling. (The last 15 poems are in German.)
Two semi-autobiographical works, full of fantasy and invention, of self-knowledge and understanding, testifying to the progress of the human spirit. Two related sketches in the one book.
A story about a confused boy who forces his attentions on a girl and how she handles the situation with the help of family and friends.
Manifold thought about education formal and informal plus some closely related concerns, arrived at during a time of some personal involvement at a school.
Both the Fifteen Little Stories and the prose pieces are composed serially, which means that something may be gained by reading them in order, from beginning to end - something…
A collection of poems composed over a period of several years, most of them written on the spot outdoors, jotter in hand, on extended walks, in Northern Ireland, in Italy…
It presents a choice, this essay in dialogue form. It is to help us think more clearly about some of our illusions in relation to the modern world. It was…
The physical experience of the personal truth as Christ, related imaginatively and thoughtfully.
