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THE SEVENFOLD PEACE : words from The Essene Gospel of Peace
Words offered from The Sevenfold Peace - Book 4 / The Teachings of The Elect : THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.The…
IN BLIND AWARENESS : Sufi Parables, Poetry of al Shushtari & Jerry Smaldone
Sufi Parables from the Qadari Order & other seekers of Divine Love. Ecstatic poetry of Abul Hasan al-Shustari - Leader of the Withdrawn - and Rocky Mountain Mystic, Jerry Smaldone.The Way of the…
Catching Arrows in Midair
Allen Afterman on Poetry & Song. Charles Reznikoff : Messianic, Palestine Under the Romans, Kaddish. Charlie Mehrhoff : Eons Ago, Messiah, Impossible Times, One Last Shot Glass. Kabbalah and…
Rav Kook : Poetry of Repentance
Rav Kook : the Poet of Repentance - - reading of prose poetry related to the subject of Repentance (Teshuva) composed by Rav Kook -- translated into English from Hebrew by Rachel Tova Ebner :…
WHAT IS ESSENTIAL? - Attar of Nishapur, T'ao Ch'ien, Charlie Mehrhoff
Opening with The Miser & The Angel of Death - a parable by Attar of Nishapur, this episode challenges listeners to search themselves for the essential. - - We also feature the poetry and prose of…
IN PRAISE OF TREES - words of gratitude, homage, awe & love for trees.
IN PRAISE OF TREES - words offering gratitude, homage, awe and love for trees. Rabindranath Tagore, W.S. Merwin, Attar, John Wright, Ryokan, a chapter from The Essene Gospel of Peace, a teaching of…
FADING INTO SPRING: Sarah Yehudit Schneider, David Scaduto, Rumi, Thich Nhat Hanh, etc.
FADING INTO SPRING : Words to honor the essence of trees. Inspirational writing on Tu B'Shvat by Sarah Yehudit Schneider & David Scaduto. Poetry by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mary Oliver, Maria Berardi,…
SANCTITY: Abraham Heschel, Carlo Suarès, Attar, Maria Berardi, Meir Michel Abehsera, Rav Kook, Etty Hillesum, Charlie Mehrhoff.
Words Regarding Sanctity: Abraham J. Heschel, Carlo Suarès, Attar, Maria Berardi, Rav Kook, Etty Hillesum, Li Po - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.Who Is Man? - Abraham J. Heschel…
COURAGE & LIBERTY: Words of Leonard Cohen, Walt Whitman, René Char, Alexandra Smyth, Charlie Mehrhoff
Courage & Liberty - an offering of words from Leonard Cohen, Walt Whitman, René Char, Alexandra Smyth, Charlie Mehrhoff - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.Leonard Cohen's words…
REGARDING FEAR: Thich Nhat Hanh, Gandhi, White Eagle, Hafiz, Maria Beradi, Sabine Miller, others
REGARDING FEAR: Words from Taittiriya Upanishad, Thich Nhat Hanh, Khalil Gibran, Sabine Miller, Hafiz, Idit Miriam Codish, M.K. Gandhi, Clint Frakes, Maria Beradi, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Frank Herbert,…
Mahatma Gandhi's letters to a dictator, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Kabir, Rumi
M.K. Gandhi's letters to Adolph Hitler, Jiddu Krishnamurti - on how to overcome nationalism. A brief message by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Poems of Rumi and Kabir translated by Daniel Ladinsky. -…
The Beloved's Design - words of Tagore, Attar, Rav Kook, others
Readings from Rabindranah Tagore's GITANJALI (Song Offerings), Attar's THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS, Jerry Smaldone, Sabine Miller, Psalm 10, Rav Kook - read by host Charlie Mehrhoff. The Conference…
THE NIGHT BEFORE CREATION (or, Midnight in Medzhybizh) by Idit Miriam Codish
The Night Before Creation, or, Midnight in Medzhybizh - by Idit Miriam Codish - takes listeners along on her recent incredible journey to the Ba'al Shem Tov's Tzion, gravesite, in the Ukraine. Idit's…
OCEAN OF TEARS & THE MUSEUM OF GUSH ETZION: Rabindranath Tagore, Arthur Rimbaud, Dina Awwad-Srour, Charles Reznikoff - hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff
Featuring the words of Rabindranath Tagore, Arthur Rimbaud, Dina Awwad-Srour, Charles Reznikoff, Charlie Mehrhoff. The centerpiece of this episode is a work of non-fiction entitled The Museum of Gush…
Circles & Such: Black Elk, Rilke, A.C. Koch, Emerson, Mary Oliver, Lew Welch, Dogen, Scarecrow
Circles & Such - C. Mehrhoff reads Black Elk, Rilke, A.C. Koch, Mary Oliver, Dogen, Lew Welch, Scarecrow. Words regarding circles, then going beyond - yet always within.
TRANSCENDING TRIBULATION: featuring Hanna Yerushalmi, Aura Chaya Gispan, Idit Codish
Featuring the poetry of Hanna Yerushalmi, Aura Chaya Gispan, Rav Kook & Charles Reznikoff - along with a real life telling by Idit Miriam Codish. Before the Page is hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff -…
THE RICH MAN - a folktale about having too much
The Rich Man - and - The Mad Dancers - read by Charlie Mehrhoff. Words from The Golden Mountain first published in 1932, and republished again, decades later, under the title Classic Hassidic Tales -…
Friends & Heroes - poetry of Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabia, others
Poetry of Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabia, Sabine Miller, Maria Berardi, Jerry Smaldone, Charlie Mehrhoff.Thich Nhat Hanh - Call Me by My True Names. Rabia - Love Poems from God - translated & compiled by…
Aldous Huxley - The Case for Constructive Peace
Words from WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? The Case for Constructive Peace - composed by Aldous Huxley, published in 1936. We open with a piece regarding the legend of the Sword and the Stone …
Rav Kook - Artist of the Sacred
Rav Kook - Selected readings from The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook - Rachel Tova Ebner, translator.Read by Charlie Mehrhoff. ONE SONG - recently…
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