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More on Ranier Maria Rilke
“God is man’s greatest idea.” Camille Paglia Rilke is a favorite poet of mine and I’ve quoted Poems From The Book of Hours before (internal link). His mysterious writing lends itself to many interpretations, however, a chief translator of his, Babette Deutsch, … Continue reading
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Ranier Maria Rilke and Ignatian Spirituality
Thumbing through Rilke’s Poems from the Book of Hours (internal link), I came across this stanza: You are the deep epitome of things that keeps its being’s secret with locked lip, and shows itself to others otherwise: to the ship, … Continue reading
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Tagged German, Ignatian spirituality, Poetry, Ranier Maria Rilke, Rilke, the Jesuits
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