The Pathless Country is the debut novel by the internationally recognised poet, James Harpur. Deftly weaving threads of political history with fin de siecle alternative thought, radicalism and spirituality, James vividly conjures a world of firebrands and mystics, a landscape where the only waymarks are those of the conscience and the spirit.
James Harpur entered a boy's boarding school in the 1970s and survived to tell the tale. Powerful, poignant and humorous, the poems in The Examined Life re-create a 'vale of soul-making' that, with its tragedy and comedy, heroes and villains, is like a microcosm of life itself.
For readers of any faith or none, and for the troubled times we live in, "The Story of the Christian Mystics" offers concise, illuminating portraits of some eighty major mystics of the Christian tradition across the centuries, their radiant lives and teachings encourage us to transform ourselves and our world.
An atlas that charts a worldwide journey through rich and varied territory and describes the landscapes and buildings where myth and reality meet. It examines mythical landscapes such as the Garden of Eden, Camelot and Avalon, and places where gods and goddesses are said to have walked the earth.
Drawing on legend, myth and sacred traditions, this work features poems that explore universal forces - seen and unseen, personal and cosmic - shaping people's destinies, and the signs by which their patterns are revealed.
Features a different category of beasts, such as sea monsters, giants, dragons and magical horses. This book includes the majestic unicorn, the bull-man Minotaur, the snake-headed gorgons, and, the snake-like basilisk, who could kill with its lethal stare, the ferocious Cyclopes - one-eyed giants - and Fenrir, the hell-hound of Norse myth.
This book provides a concise and illuminating overview of both the 2000-year history and today's renewed importance of pilgrimage in the Western world for readers and travelers of every faith and none.
Through the finely textured music of his poems, author explores emotional and spiritual intimacies while keeping a sharp observant eye on the everyday world.
