{"product_id":"marrow-of-flame-andrew-harvey-9780985467913","title":"Marrow of Flame: Poems of the Spiritual Journey (2nd ed.)","description":"This beloved collection of poetry by Dorothy Walters explores the spiritual journey through its ecstasies, struggles, and vistas. Each step is observed with the keen insight and clear voice of a modern woman who is both a skilled poet and genuine mystic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dorothy Walters's poems are immediate and inviting, transcendent and often playful. Many of these poems are in dialog, with Rumi and Rilke, Denise Levertov and Lalla, each poem contributing its own wisdom and humor to the ongoing conversation that passes between visionaries and sages through history and across cultures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarrow of Flame\u003c\/i\u003e has already become a modern classic among spiritual seekers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now available in this updated and revised edition, with a new introduction by Andrew Harvey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eMarrow of Flame\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis re-issue of Dorothy Walters's mystical masterpiece \u003c\/i\u003eMarrow of Flame\u003ci\u003e is a great literary and spiritual event.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eI don't know of any other poet currently writing in English who expresses so simply and nobly and with such authority the ordeals, ecstasies and revelations of the path...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ANDREW HARVEY \u003ci\u003efrom the Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if there were a modern Rumi or Kabir, Dante Alighieri or John Donne writing of mystical longing, ecstasies and despair?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat if she were a woman? What if she were Dorothy Walters weaving her passionate songs into a priceless prayer shawl? Beware: Who holds up this scarf is swept in the arms of the Lover on the path from which no one returns the same.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e SOPHY BURNHAM, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Ecstatic Journey: Walking the Mystical Path in Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThese poems make me gasp.\u003c\/b\u003e I thought all the great mystics had been gone for centuries... Dorothy Walters--part buddha, part elf--weaves mythic literacy with subversive compassion.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MIRABAI STARR, author of \u003ci\u003eSaint Teresa of Avila\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGod of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Harvey, Dorothy Walters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0985467916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780985467913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poetry Chaikhana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.32d","brand":"Andrew Harvey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947576754431,"sku":"9780985467913","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7bd21dd1-b844-4e3a-948d-6b4517df0279.jpg?v=1681519532","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/marrow-of-flame-andrew-harvey-9780985467913","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}