Journeys Toward the Original Mind: The Long Poems of Gary Snyder

by Robert Schuler

At the heart of Gary Snyder's poetics rests the concept of original mind that state of mind which has been sensually, morally, and spiritually purified so that it can directly experience the universe. The powers of original mind are most fully displayed by the Shaman, the Bodhisattva, and the poet - figures which play major roles in Myths and Texts and Mountains and Rivers Without End. Myths explores one of the fundamental issues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820424595
• ISBN13: 9780820424590
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.