{"product_id":"the-sacred-and-the-profane-barton-seal-9798199526821","title":"The Sacred and the Profane: Poems of Faith, Corruption, \u0026 Sacrifice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilence was always God's first language.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, ruined cathedrals breathe dust. Broken altars remember blood. Forgotten saints linger in the shadows of collapsing sanctuaries, and prayers rise into a silence that may-or may not-answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sacred and the Profane\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of haunting poetry that walks the thin line between devotion and desecration, faith and corruption, sacrifice and absence. Through liturgical verse, gothic imagery, and meditations on sacred ruins, Barton Seal explores the places where belief endures long after certainty has vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems wander through abandoned chapels, shattered reliquaries, blackened altars, and echoing halls where holiness and decay exist side by side. Some speak in the voice of stone and ash. Others bear witness to martyrs, false confessors, broken covenants, and the unsettling silence that remains when heaven seems distant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into four movements-\u003ci\u003eSanctum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCorruption\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSacrifice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSilence\u003c\/i\u003e-this collection forms a dark liturgy of remembrance, inviting readers into a world where every prayer leaves an echo and every ruin still holds a trace of the sacred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who appreciate gothic literature, spiritual reflection, and poetry steeped in mystery, sorrow, and wonder, \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred and the Profane\u003c\/i\u003e offers a journey through the shadows of faith and the enduring search for meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barton Seal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199526821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d","brand":"Barton Seal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743270809855,"sku":"9798199526821","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sacred-and-the-profane-barton-seal-9798199526821","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}