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Imagine: A Spiritual Manifesto
Julian
Imagine: A Spiritual Manifesto by Julian and featuring Kabir, Joseph Campbell, Rumi, Walt Whitman, Albert Einstein, David Whyte and John Lennon. Imagine that the next stage of spiritual life is a step beyond the religious... More »
Poem#6: Antonio Machado
Julian
Last Night by Antonio Machado Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt--marvelous error!-- that a spring was breaking out in my heart. I said: Along which secret aqueduct, Oh water, are you coming to... More »
Poem #5: Kabir
Julian
From Sharon Olds' meditation on love and sex to Rumi's invitation to vulnerable courage to Dylan Thomas' ecstatic embrace of the primordial life force and universality of death, to David Whyte's insistence that we live... More »
Poem #4: David Whyte
Julian
A companion piece to the Dylan Thomas poem from yesterday. Commentary later. Enjoy! Self Portrait by David Whyte It doesn't interest me if there is one God or many gods. I want to know if... More »
Poem #3: Dylan Thomas
Julian
Dylan Thomas is one of my all-time favorite poets. My mother had a copy of his collected works in her bathroom when i was a kid - at 16 i took it and never gave... More »
Poem #2: Rumi
Julian
As a follow on from yesterdays Sharon Olds poem - a gift from my friend tahini, here is a companion piece from Rumi: The way of love is not a subtle argument The doorway there... More »
New Idea: A Poem a Day
Julian
I think it might be good to share one of my other loves - beside philosophical rigor and distinction making ..... A dear friend sent this around today and I shall let it be the... More »
Some Poems for VA Tech and The Wound/Opening to Truth it Creates
Julian
A departure from the theoretical rigor. The great enduring truths of our humanity are more succinctly expressed in poetry - but of course we could write thousands of pages on what these words actually mean....... More »
Interview with Connie Zweig: A Moth To Rumi's Flame
Julian
Connie Zweig Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and author of several non-fiction books including the widely acclaimed Romancing the Shadow has just published a novel about the life of Sufi poet Rumi called A Moth To The Flame.... More »
A Moth To The Flame: Rumi, The Shadow, and Connie Zweig
Julian
I am excited to announce that the first interview for my blog will be with shadow-work expert and highly accomplished author and editor Connie Zweig . I have a two-part interview in the works: part... More »
julian walker
August 2008 