The Candle of Vision - Softcover

Russell, George William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597313009 ISBN 13: 9781597313001

Publisher: Coracle Press, 2007

Synopsis

George William Russell, better known as Æ (1867-1935), mystic, poet, painter, journalist, editor, and practical rural economist, was a pivotal figure in the Irish literary revival and in the emergence of modern Ireland. From the beginning of the twentieth century he formed life-long friendships with W. B. Yeats, George Moore, Lord Dunsany, James Stephens, Stephen Mackenna (translator of the Enneads of Plotinus), James Joyce, and other writers, thinkers, and artists, and was closely associated with the Irish National Theatre Society (later the Abbey Theatre). When I am in my room looking upon the walls I have painted I see there reflections of the personal life, but when I look through the windows I see a living nature and landscapes not painted by hands. So, too, when I meditate I feel in the images and thoughts which throng about me the reflections of personality, but there are also windows in the soul through which can be seen images created not by human but by the divine imagination. I have tried according to my capacity to report about the divine order and to discriminate between that which was self-begotte4n fantasy and that which came from a higher sphere. - Æ, from the Preface The value of Æ's book is raised above debate or doubt. It is, in the first place, the work of a poet. It is, apart from its arguments, a beautiful book, written in exquisite prose and filled with pictures which, whatever their origin, are of an unearthly loveliness. In the second place, it is the work of an earnest and sincere man, convinced of the truth of what he reports and determined to be as lucid and precise as the conditions of his undertaking will permit him to be. . . . There can be no doubt that Æ has here achieved an expression of mysticism remarkable at any time, and almost unique in our times. - The New Statesman I remember how pure, holy and beautiful these imaginations seemed, how they came like crystal water sweeping aside the muddy current of my life. . . . The visible world became like a tapestry blown and stirred by winds behind it. If it would raise but an instant I knew I would be in Paradise. - Æ

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About the Author

George William Russell (April 10, 1867 – July 17, 1935) was an eminent Irish poet, painter and essayist who wrote with the pseudonym Æ. He was a political activist and a key figure in the Irish Literary Renaissance. His involvement with theosophy greatly influenced both the direction of his life and his writings, in which one will find much written about theosophical subjects. http://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=George_William_Russell http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/forum/f27n12p740_the-vision-of-george-russell.htm

From the Back Cover

"The Spirit of man is the candle of the Lord." -PROVERBS. "When his candle shined on my head and by his light I walked through darkness. -JOB

Edition details

• Publisher: Coracle Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597313009
• ISBN 13: 9781597313001
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188