IN THE BEGINNING WAS LOVE: Contemplative Words of Robert Lax
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0872432769 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 136 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
After much wandering he traveled to Greece where he made Patmos, Isle of the Revelation, his spiritual and creative workshop. Robert Lax, (1915-2000), was a poet, hermit, sage, and peacemaker. Jack Kerouac called him a Pilgrim in search of beautiful innocence. There he quietly resided for over three decades, writing the ascetic and experimental verse that would rank him Among America s greatest poets, a true minimalist who can weave awesome poems from remarkably few words (New York Times Book Review).In the Beginning Was Love is a unique introduction to Lax as contemplative. These spiritual selections, mostly gathered from his poems and journals, portray Lax as a mystic filled with a deep love for both Creator and creation.. Thomas Merton said of Lax, He had a natural, instinctive spirituality, an inborn direction to the living God. A native of New York, Lax graduated from Columbia University in 1938 with a degree in English Literature
"Five Stars" according to diane tetrault. Inspired by this man's didication.. a beautifully assembled patchwork quilt Jim Forest Of the remarkable people I have been lucky enough to know, Bob Lax had a special magnetism. He was one of the great poets of his generation yet no great poet was less a self-promoter. Much like a desert monk, he fled from the spotlight. His last hiding place was the Greek island of Patmos. That so much of his work was published in his lifetime is due not to Lax seeking public notice as to admirers of his work putting it into print via small presses. Steve Georgiou’s new book, “In the Beginning was Love,” is the latest case in point. Geo. Mysticism in small portions Sr. Maria Victoria IN THE BEGINNING WAS L OVE, Contemplative Words of Robert LaxEdited by Steve Georgiou. Templegate Press, 2015 Pages, 136. $16.95Too few of us take the time to really sit quietly and absorb what is present in a piece of poetry. Steve Georgiou, the compiler of this beautiful compact book has gathered gems of meditation and poetry from the works of Lax, a close friend of Thomas Merton and given them a setting that makes it easy to do simply that: sit quietly and absorb. After the first page we are aware that we have in our hands a unique and precious treasu