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No matter where the Saints abide,
They make their Circuit fair;
Behold how great a Firmament
Accompanies a Star!
~ Emily Dickinson (J-1541)
For online commentary on this poem, all of which is adapted from Dickinson's own poems and letters, see:
Emily Dickinson's Nature Mysticism: A Photo Poetic Labyrinth
http://earlywomenmasters.net/dickinson/ed_1541/
For a fascinating book on Literature, Women and Mysticism, including an essay on Emily Dickinson, by Roxanne Hardy, see:
Things Of The Spirit: Women Writers Constructing Spirituality - ed. by Kristina K. Groover, 2004
Also includes a very sensitive, provocative and affirmative essay on St. Teresa of Avila, by Elizabeth J. Adams. (There's a review on this book available at LibraryThing).
Please add any interesting/recommended book(s) on women and mysticism here.
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EmilyDickinson Readers Group
They make their Circuit fair;
Behold how great a Firmament
Accompanies a Star!
~ Emily Dickinson (J-1541)
For online commentary on this poem, all of which is adapted from Dickinson's own poems and letters, see:
Emily Dickinson's Nature Mysticism: A Photo Poetic Labyrinth
http://earlywomenmasters.net/dickinson/ed_1541/
For a fascinating book on Literature, Women and Mysticism, including an essay on Emily Dickinson, by Roxanne Hardy, see:
Things Of The Spirit: Women Writers Constructing Spirituality - ed. by Kristina K. Groover, 2004
Also includes a very sensitive, provocative and affirmative essay on St. Teresa of Avila, by Elizabeth J. Adams. (There's a review on this book available at LibraryThing).
Please add any interesting/recommended book(s) on women and mysticism here.
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EmilyDickinson Readers Group
