Circles & Such - C. Mehrhoff reads Black Elk, Rilke, A.C. Koch, Mary Oliver, Dogen, Lew Welch, Scarecrow. 

Words regarding circles, then going beyond - yet always within. 

Featuring the poetry of Hanna Yerushalmi, Aura Chaya Gispan, Rav Kook & Charles Reznikoff - along with a real life telling by Idit Miriam Codish. 

Before the Page is hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff - listeners can reach us with comments, concerns, etc. at [email protected]

The Rich Man - and - The Mad Dancers - read by Charlie Mehrhoff. 

Words from The Golden Mountain first published in 1932, and republished again, decades later, under the title Classic Hassidic Tales - translated and compiled from Hebrew, Yiddish and German sources - by Meyer Levin. 

Poetry of Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabia, Sabine Miller, Maria Berardi, Jerry Smaldone, Charlie Mehrhoff.

Thich Nhat Hanh - Call Me by My True Names. 

Rabia - Love Poems from God - translated & compiled by Daniel Ladinsky.

Circumference of Mercy - Sabine Miller

Casandra Gifts, poems by Maria Berardi. https://maria-berardi.com/links-to-publications/

Fatto a Mano - Jerry Smaldone

Words to Light Eternity - Charlie Mehrhoff

Words from WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? The Case for Constructive Peace - composed by Aldous Huxley, published in 1936. 

We open with a piece regarding the legend of the Sword and the Stone  entitled Beyond All Myth. 

We also include a wonderful poem from Sabine Miller's Circumference of Mercy,  Mountains & Rivers Press.

If you wish to reach out to Before the Page - the email address is: [email protected]

Rav Kook - Selected readings from The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook - Rachel Tova Ebner, translator.

Read by Charlie Mehrhoff. 

ONE SONG - recently published book available from MosicaPress - 

https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/

The Book of James - aka The Epistle of James  - aka The Gospel of James - read by BEFORE THE PAGE host Charlie 'Scarecrow' Mehrhoff. 

It is only fitting that The Book of James, lampooned by Martin Luther as The  Epistle of Straw is rendered into speech by the old Scarecrow.

Anyone with a desire to reach out to Before the Page - our email: [email protected]

The Man Who Planted Trees  by Jean Giono read by Before the Page Podcast host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Copies of the book, The Man Who Planted Trees, featuring exquisite wood engravings by Michael McCurdy are available from CHELSEA GREEN PUBLISHING by going to the publisher's website at - https://www.chelseagreen.com 

Anyone wishing to communicate with the Before the Page Podcast please go to [email protected] 

Selections from Thomas Merton, G.I. Gurdjieff, Rabindranath Tagore, Idries Shah,  Rav Kook, Clint Frakes, Charlie Mehrhoff. 

To obtain a copy of The Torah of Tomorrow: One Song - teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook (Rav Kook) - in Hebrew & English, translated by Rachel Tova Ebner, Mosaica Press - go to https://mosaicapress.com 

Copies of Myths, Beasts & the Ways of Water : Poems by Clint Frakes - can be obtained from Seven Worlds Press - go to https://sevenworldspress.com 

Episode #9 features the words of Carlo Suarès.  

It opens with The Eight Propositions from Carlo's seminal book The Second Coming of Reb YHSHWH   

This episode also features a reading (in English) of Quoi Israel?, an essay penned by Suarès in 1954 in Alexandria, Egypt. 

In Quoi Israel? (What Israel?) Suarès provides his striking spiritual/political view of the then nascent State of Israel.  

Here's a brief list (English titles) of Suarès publications: Genesis Rejuvenated, The Second Coming of Reb YHSHWH, The Resurrection of the Word, The Cipher of Genesis, The Sepher Yetsira, The Song of Songs, Krishnamurti & the Unity of Man, Chromatic Hyperbola, The Passion of Judas. 

Note: Carlo Suarès did most of his writing in French. If you are fluent in French, and if you are interested in the words of Carlo Suarès - just know that you will have a lot of options.

Anyone wishing to connect with Charlie Mehrhoff, the host of Before the Page please email : [email protected]