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A poem in 6 parts, starting with the verses
1 : To go \ 2 : Without desire \ 3 : And singing, dancing, wild with joy \ 4 : To be what we were before we were \ 5 : For all that it is \ 6 : You must appreciate the setting
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THE GREEK OLD TESTAMENT (SEPTUAGINT)
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DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE
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Page 12 3 And singing, dancing, wild with joy David sang “In thy light to see the light” There are meanings in this to be discounted and savoured That all things posses a creaturely form (The mind, by itself, cannot transcend this state) Only revelation’s burning coal upon the eyes can see what must be seen And yet I am that which I am Creature but blessed in multiple ways The moment’s grace and illumination my true delight- Only then in all light seen in That light Yet I may not presume Presume to know the essence of the stone or the wave Presume to know the dove’s true flight Or the intrinsic nature of music Previous Page / First / Next * * * Cf. by Martin Burke : Reading Meister Eckhart II - This Singing Ground More works inspired by Eckhart ||| Eckhart Home
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And singing, dancing, wild with joy
David sang
“In thy light to see the light”
There are meanings in this to be discounted and savoured
That all things posses a creaturely form
(The mind, by itself, cannot transcend this state)
Only revelation’s burning coal upon the eyes can see what must be seen
And yet I am that which I am
Creature but blessed in multiple ways
The moment’s grace and illumination my true delight-
Only then in all light seen in That light
Yet I may not presume
Presume to know the essence of the stone or the wave
Presume to know the dove’s true flight
Or the intrinsic nature of music
* * *
Cf. by Martin Burke : Reading Meister Eckhart II - This Singing Ground
More works inspired by Eckhart ||| Eckhart Home
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