Some Segments of a River: On Poetry, Mysticism, and The Imagination

by George Franklin

In this unique and compelling book, the author examines side by side the works of Eastern mystical philosophers and poets and some of their Western counterparts, not attempting to assimilate them to each other, but rather to observe what sparks of insight fly when their writings are brought into alignment. He focuses throughout on their various conceptions of the imagination and, more broadly, of consciousness itself.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981863698
• ISBN13: 9780981863696
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Nicasio Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"