The Song Of The Fire Of Love: A Poetic Interpretation Of The Incendium Amoris Of Richard Rolle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781438221694)

Richard Rolle of Hampole, the first of the four great 14th century English contemplative authors, is often called, with justice, "the father of English mysticism." For him the life of contemplation was essentially a musical state, and song, rightly understood, embraced every aspect of the soul's communion with reality. Sudden outbursts of lyrical speech and direct appeals to musical imagery abound in his writings, as in those of no other mystic; and this constitutes their outstanding literary characteristic, as he declares himself at the very dawning of his mystical vision: "Looking to heaven with my whole desire, Suddenly, I know not in what manner, I felt in me upwelling noise of song, A surging, most liking, heavenly melody Which dwelt thereafter with me in my mind."

Author: Jabez L. Van Cleef
ISBN-10: 143822169X
ISBN-13: 9781438221694
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/29/2008
Pages: 450
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.91d