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Mystical prayer : the poetic example of Emily Dickinson
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- Summary
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"Emily Dickinson's writings are reintroduced as examples of mystical prayer in the light of Christian tradition and St. Teresa of Avila"--
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- Creator
- Charles M. Murphy
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, [2019]
- Physical Details
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- 124 pages ; 18 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780814684702, 081468470X, 9780814684948, 9780814684948
- OCLC
- on1082427446
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Reintroducing Emily Dickinson -- Praying mystically. 'I dwell in possibility" -- Conditions for mystical prayer -- Solitude. "the soul selects her own society" -- Asceticism. "The banquet of abstemiousness" -- Place. "I see-New Englandly" -- What brings us to prayer -- The desire for love. "I cannot live with you" -- The fear of death. "Safe in the alabaster chambers' -- "My business is circumference"