Ballad-Divine brings back the Bhagavad-Gita in a very easy to read composition. It is an accurate reference of the original and observed facts and uses the same systemic method to divinity. Ballad-Divine is organized around the mainstays of Krishna's doctrines, those of philosophy, action, discipline, concentration, knowledge, meditation, devotion and surrender. These pillars are in turn expounded from smaller building blocks. The theme in the sentences are repeated throughout reinforcing the subject. It is styled mostly as a ballad expressing eighteen different chapters by short stanzas; of which some are metrical.

From T.S. Eliot to Bede Griffiths, many a Christian thinker has found in the Bhagavad Gita a source of genuine spiritual insight and inspiration. As Christians continue to explore the text in a spirit of dialogue, new points of theological interest are discovered and new insights gained into the meaning and importance of the text for Christian thought and practice. In this collection of Christian commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita, Christian theologians and scholars of Hinduism offer a variety of different perspectives on the text using a diversity of commentarial approaches and styles, from close textual analysis and exegetical comparison to a more general theological reflection on the text, from comparison of the Gita with a particular Christian classic to a focus on specific religious categories such as detachment, incarnation and eschatology. While some contributions focus mainly on the similarities between Christian thought and the Gita, others also engage differences in a mutually critical and constructive way. Each of these commentaries thus offers a distinctive lens through which Christians may read the Bhagavad Gita, and points to the endless possibility and promise of inter-religious hermeneutics, or the religious reading of a sacred text from another religious tradition.

If you are spiritual but not religious, this epic poem was written for YOU. Now in it's fifth printing, The Ballad of Eddie and God is a pagan epic poem which promises to be a literary milestone in future religious thought. As of this writing, it is the first book to openly expose the wrong thinking, misdirection and folly of war-god theological traditions. It focuses on the connection between state-supported confrontational religions and the waging of war in God's name. The Ballad is a call for religious revolution and human harmony worldwide. A pagan poem for peace It is a wonderful spiritually freeing experience. Read it and you will see

"The Song Divine" is a captivating collection of verses that transports readers to the ethereal realm of poetic expression. Dr. Srilakshmi Adhyapak, a distinguished medical doctor and esteemed professor, weaves a tapestry of emotions, wisdom, and spiritual truths. With eloquence and heartfelt devotion, she explores the profound depths of human existence and our eternal connection with the divine. The poems resonate deep within, igniting contemplation and illuminating the path with timeless wisdom.

Cause Divine explores the history of vedic thought on a subject that has globally perplexed man - the first cause, the first principle. The book exploits Brahma Sutra as the central theme wherein began the formal quest for the first divine cause. Extracts from Vedas and Upanishads supports the topic, providing a genuine insight into questions around the birth of this universe, our role on this planet and thereafter, oneness of god in everything and the true yoga of meditation. The ancient seers were extremely earnest in their desire for the truth and provided an eternal covenant that lay concealed in the realms of the sacred lore of the Vedas and Vedanta. The book follows the style of a ballad - numbered, referenced stanzas. The book may appear terse and fragmented in the beginning with some alien names and conjectures. As the contents unfold, the theme becomes evident providing a genuine, simple translation of what the forepersons saw, witnessed, practiced, underwent, and left for us a means to continue that wonderful, spiritual experience. Cause Divine is strictly a philosophy and Brahma per-se is not a deity; Brahma is the name of a transcendental being who is considered the first cause. Cause-Divine disambiguates him from any god or deity.

Women everywhere—regardless of age or background—want to experience a life-altering, gentle, everyday kind of love. For years now we have looked at bars, yacht clubs, churches, synagogues, casinos, the farmer’s market, dating services, and the Internet trying to find it. Just when we think we have it, we discover that mere mortals—no matter how perfect—cannot offer the kind of love our hearts hunger for. How is it that some women through history and today seem to have found the love we all so desperately seek? Divine Love: Women Who Have It and How You Can Too is a narrative nonfiction that carries women through the pages of history to our streets today to see real women who experienced God’s indescribable love. Through the remarkable stories of women such as Joan of Arc, Julian of Norwich, Pocahontas, the woman of Endor, Harriet Tubman, Xio Min, and more, women will see extraordinary love can be experienced when seeking it from the Divine.

This volume is a fascinating, interpretative study of the life of the Prophet Muḥammad as depicted in the repertoire of fifty-one contemporary Egyptian singers. The repertoire is extremely diverse and ranges from narrative ballads, classical odes, and Qur'ānic chantings, to melodies of the secular songs of well-known Egyptian singers. The 'people's' Muḥammad appears as both a commanding figure, empowered by the supernatural, and a touchingly vulnerable human being, and provides this study with excellent material for its discussion of a subject that has not received much serious scholarly attention to date.

Looking for connections between his verse and prose, Colin Thompson argues for a theological understanding of the intensely beautiful and moving poems. He seeks to explain the principles that guide St. John in his exploration of the self and its encounter with the divine, and provides an analysis of the poet' most famous symbol - the dark night of the soul."--BOOK JACKET.

This engrossing volume studies the poetics of evil in early modern English culture, reconciling the Renaissance belief that literature should uphold morality with the compelling and attractive representations of evil throughout the period’s literature. The chapters explore a variety of texts, including Spenser’s Faerie Queene, Shakespeare’s Richard III, broadside ballads, and sermons, culminating in a new reading of Paradise Lost and a novel understanding of the dynamic interaction between aesthetics and theology in shaping seventeenth century Protestant piety. Through these discussions, the book introduces the concept of “sinister aesthetics”: artistic conventions that can make representations of the villainous, monstrous, or hellish pleasurable.