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“Within each of us is a divine treasure, and if we hope to discover it, we need to go deep into the heart of who we are.” —Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart has been a huge figure in spirituality for more than eight hundred years—spiritual leaders such as Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, and Matthew Fox have all credited Eckhart as being an important influence on their thought.
This book of Meister Eckhart meditations is for people seeking the “wayless way.” It is not for those looking for a simple path. These fresh, stunning renderings of Eckhart’s writings in poetic form bring life to one of the great spiritual voices of any age. They reveal what it means to love God and find meaning in darkness. Not darkness in general, but your darkness, because it is the one thing you know something about—without facing your darkness, you’ll never know what it means to desire the light. Only when you are in the darkness, Meister says, do you have even the possibility of seeing the light.
“What Coleman Barks has done for Rumi, Sweeney and Burrows have done for Eckhart—making his insight accessible and his wisdom sing.” —Carl McColman, author of The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism and Eternal Heart
“Sweeney and Burrows, in poems that are as elegant as they are scholarly, revoice Meister Eckhart’s grounding and expansive instructions to ‘seek the light that shines / out of the darkness.’” —Pádraig Ó Tuama, poet and host of Poetry Unbound, from On Being Studios
Meister Eckhart's Book of Darkness & Light
Meditations on the Path of the Wayless Way
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Book Details
| Pages |
240 Pages |
|---|---|
| Size | 5 x 7 |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Pub. Date | 03/01/2023 |
| ISBN | 978-1-64297-045-6 |
| Publisher |
Named one of Spirituality and Practice’s Best Spiritual Books of 2023
“Sweeney and Burrows, in poems that are as elegant as they are scholarly, revoice Meister Eckhart’s grounding and expansive instructions to ‘seek the light that shines / out of the darkness.’”
—Pádraig Ó Tuama, poet and host of Poetry Unbound, from On Being Studios
Meister Eckhart is one of the greatest of Christian mystics, but because of his depth he can be challenging to read. Jon M. Sweeney and Mark S. Burrows unlock the poetry in his words to allow his light to shine. What Coleman Barks has done for Rumi, they have done for Eckhart—making his insight accessible and his wisdom sing.”
—Carl McColman, author of The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism and Eternal Heart
“Jon M. Sweeney, an independent scholar and Spirituality & Practice’s Contributing Editor for Books and New Media, and Mark S. Burrows, a poet, translator, and professor of religion and literature at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany, have taken up the challenge of bringing Eckhart’s thought to contemporary audiences. They don’t simplify it (as some seekers might want them to do); instead they identify key themes and present them through inspiring and encouraging poetry. Eckhart was not a poet, but his ideas are very suited to the genre.
“Sweeney and Burrows call these poems ‘re-voicings of Eckhart’s thought drawing on key images, phrases, and ideas found in his writings.’ At the end of the book, they provide extensive notes identifying the specific sources behind each poem. This is an invaluable addition for both scholars and intrigued seekers.
“We can only give you a taste of Eckhart in a review. And you may find, as we did, that the best way to approach it is to simply open to a page at random and spend some time with it.”
—Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SpiritualityAndPractice.com
“Sweeney and Burrows, in poems that are as elegant as they are scholarly, revoice Meister Eckhart’s grounding and expansive instructions to ‘seek the light that shines / out of the darkness.’”
—Pádraig Ó Tuama, poet and host of Poetry Unbound, from On Being Studios
Meister Eckhart is one of the greatest of Christian mystics, but because of his depth he can be challenging to read. Jon M. Sweeney and Mark S. Burrows unlock the poetry in his words to allow his light to shine. What Coleman Barks has done for Rumi, they have done for Eckhart—making his insight accessible and his wisdom sing.”
—Carl McColman, author of The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism and Eternal Heart
“Jon M. Sweeney, an independent scholar and Spirituality & Practice’s Contributing Editor for Books and New Media, and Mark S. Burrows, a poet, translator, and professor of religion and literature at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany, have taken up the challenge of bringing Eckhart’s thought to contemporary audiences. They don’t simplify it (as some seekers might want them to do); instead they identify key themes and present them through inspiring and encouraging poetry. Eckhart was not a poet, but his ideas are very suited to the genre.
“Sweeney and Burrows call these poems ‘re-voicings of Eckhart’s thought drawing on key images, phrases, and ideas found in his writings.’ At the end of the book, they provide extensive notes identifying the specific sources behind each poem. This is an invaluable addition for both scholars and intrigued seekers.
“We can only give you a taste of Eckhart in a review. And you may find, as we did, that the best way to approach it is to simply open to a page at random and spend some time with it.”
—Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SpiritualityAndPractice.com
