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The word "divan" has multiple meanings. It can refer to a pillowed
couch or daybed, a room with one side open to a sunny garden, or an
oriental council of state. A "divan" can also be a collection of
poems, especially in the Persian Sufi tradition (such as the divans
of Rumi and Hafiz) in which the poet celebrates the states
experienced in the progress toward unity with God. This divan is a
year's worth of poems in seasonal sequence recording the progress
of a student following the discipline of an esoteric school. The
collection begins in autumn - harvest - gathering the fundamental
ideas taught in all true esoteric schools in all ages. The poems
continue through the stages of spiritual growth these ideas
engender, culminating in the full sun of summer - the
ever-accessible presence of God.
If we had no other writings from Mr. Craig than Book of Petite
Wisdoms, it would be enough: They reveal a poet at the peak of his
profession, and still ascending. How possible? Read this volume to
find out. The first of four, it telescopes its revelation into
seven little 14-syllable lines of wisdom per stanza. 100 stanzas in
all. And the revelation? A mystical vision: How out of his Infinite
Love God allows Man to not only ascend to Him, but become Him.
Sharing this vision with that found in the poetry of Walt Whitman,
St. John of the Cross, Hafiz, Rumi, Plotinus, and others, the Book
of Petite Wisdoms is no spectator sport, it invites you the reader
to ascend as well: "Kiss me," one poem urges us, "Crack the layers
of chalk imprisoning your soul. It's not me you're kissing after
all --it's the God in you released to make love to everything your
senses present..."
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