The book of heaven : an anthology of writings from ancient to modern times

Abstract

Part I: The Journey. With readings from Alighieri, St Bede the Venerable, John Bunyan, Henry Fielding, P B Shelley, CG Jung, The Greek Magical Papyri, The Second Book of Jeu, Sir Walter Raleigh Part II: Lands of Bliss. With readings from Rupert Brooke, Louis Ginzberg, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Howard Schwartz, John G Neihardt, Robert Hare, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Part III: The Vision of God. With readings from St Augustine, As-Suyuti, The Sukhavativyuha Sutra, Dante Alighiere, Jonathan Edwards, Marie Corelli, the Bible, Edmund Spenser, John Henry, Cardinal Newman Part IV: The Celestial Court. With readings from Homer, Pseudo-Dionysius, Bhagavat Purana, John Milton, Robert Southey, Lord Byron, Pope Pius XII, G K Chesterton Part V: Heavenly Society. With readings from Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, Julain Barnes, St Hildegard of Bingen, Jalal ad-Din ar Rumi Part VI: Heaven on Earth. With readings from Plato, Milton, Bhagavata Purana, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Fourier, William James, Mikhail Lermontov, Shaker songs. Part VII: New Heaven, New Earth. With readings from the Bible, the Qu'ran, George Sword, St Augustine, C S Lewis, John Donne, Henry Vaughan. Credits Index

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