Sufi Parables from the Qadari Order & other seekers of Divine Love. Ecstatic poetry of Abul Hasan al-Shustari - Leader of the Withdrawn - and Rocky Mountain Mystic, Jerry Smaldone.

The Way of the Sufi - Idries Shah. 

Tiny Tales from the Sufis - Laura Gibbs : https://pressbooks.pub/sufis/chapter/chapter-1/

Regarding Abul Hasan al-Shustari : from the Let's Talk Religion podcast : 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te-ohX1qfHs&t=1219s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgUAknrGu7Y

poetry of al-Shushtari:

https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/sulaymanibnqiddees/2017/09/08/shushtari-red-red-wine/ 

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Allen Afterman on Poetry & Song. Charles Reznikoff : Messianic, Palestine Under the Romans, Kaddish. Charlie Mehrhoff : Eons Ago, Messiah, Impossible Times, One Last Shot Glass. 

Kabbalah and Consciousness & the Poetry of Allen Afterman : Sheep Meadow Press.

The Complete Poems of Charles Reznikoff (1918-1975) : Black Sparrow Press :: Pieces read originally published in Separate Way (1936). 

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Rav Kook : the Poet of Repentance - - reading of prose poetry related to the subject of Repentance (Teshuva) composed by Rav Kook --  translated into English from Hebrew by Rachel Tova Ebner : printed in a most exquisite book, The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, by Mosaica Press. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/?v=0b3b97fa6688

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Opening with The Miser & The Angel of Death - a parable by Attar of Nishapur, this episode challenges listeners to search themselves for the essential. - - We also feature the poetry and prose of T'ao Ch'ien (365-427 CE), considered by many as the grandfather of the Chinese poetic tradition :: Read by Before The Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

The Miser & The Angel of Death - The Way of the Sufi - edited by Idries Shah.

Words of T'ao Ch'ien - Classical Chinese Poetry: an anthology - translated and edited by David Hinton. 

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IN PRAISE OF TREES - words offering gratitude, homage, awe and love for trees. Rabindranath Tagore, W.S. Merwin, Attar, John Wright, Ryokan, a chapter from The Essene Gospel of Peace, a teaching of the Chisti Sufi Order, a prayer from Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Etty Hillesum, Aura Chaya Gispan - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov - prayer for going amongst the trees - - In Praise of Trees - Rabindranath Tagore - - "Let the trees be consulted...." poetry of John Wright - from Earth Prayers from Around the World  - - To a Leaf Falling in Winter - W.S. Merwin - - A Tree Unaware of Its State - Attar of Nishapur - -The Garden - Sufi teaching from the Chisti Order, The Way of The Sufi, Idries Shah - - "Walking along a narrow path...." Zen Master Ryokan, trans. John Stevens ONE ROBE, ONE BOWL -- The Chapter TREES from The Essene Gospel of Peace - translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely -- "....the tree outside my window...." from An Interrupted Life : the Diaries of Etty Hillesum - - "Blessed are the trees...." - Aura Chaya Gispan - - Invitation to the Present & Reflection on Wind  - Words to Light Eternity  - Charlie Mehrhoff.

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FADING INTO SPRING : Words to honor the essence of trees. Inspirational writing on Tu B'Shvat by Sarah Yehudit Schneider & David Scaduto. Poetry by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mary Oliver, Maria Berardi, Rumi, Thich Nhat Hanh - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Shevat: Renewing the Divine Flow - David Scaduto, posted on the Sefaria platform: https://www.sefaria.org/texts

The Shekhina's Tu B'Shvat - Sarah Yehudit Schneider - author of Dark Matters of the Soul : The Kabbalah of Shame - and - Kabbalistic Writings on the Nature of Masculine & Feminine. 

Sarah Yehudit Schneider is the founder of A STILL SMALL VOICE - discover more about her wonderful teachings and work by going to  https://astillsmallvoice.org

Poems: When Autumn Came - Faiz Ahmed Faiz :When I am among the trees - Mary Oliver : Evergreen - Maria Berardi : The Indian Tree - Rumi (trans. Coleman Barks) : You Are My Garden - Thich Nhat Hanh : The Tree Of Life In Winter - Charlie Mehrhoff 

Words Regarding Sanctity: Abraham J. Heschel, Carlo Suarès, Attar, Maria Berardi, Rav Kook, Etty Hillesum, Li Po - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Who Is Man? - Abraham J. Heschel (Stanford University Press).

The Second Coming of YHSHWH: The Rabbi Called Jesus Christ (Weiser Books).

The Conference of the Birds - Attar : translated by Sholeh Wolpe (Norton).

The Possible Man - Meir Michel Abehsera (Swanhouse Press).

The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook - translated by Rachel Tova Ebner (Mosaica Press).

Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life - The Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerbork (Pantheon).

Courage & Liberty - an offering of words from Leonard Cohen, Walt Whitman, René Char, Alexandra Smyth, Charlie Mehrhoff - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Leonard Cohen's words regarding Ariel Sharon were read from Matti Friedman's book Who By Fire. Leonard's words on courage can be found in Leonard's book entitled The Flame (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).

The words of René Char - from Leaves of Hypnos, translated by Cid Corman.

REGARDING FEAR: Words from Taittiriya Upanishad, Thich Nhat Hanh, Khalil Gibran, Sabine Miller, Hafiz, Idit Miriam Codish, M.K. Gandhi, Clint Frakes, Maria Beradi, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Frank Herbert, H.F. Noyes, White Eagle - read by host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

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M.K. Gandhi's letters to Adolph Hitler, Jiddu Krishnamurti - on how to overcome nationalism. A brief message by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Poems of Rumi and Kabir translated by Daniel Ladinsky. - Reading by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West - translated by Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin, Compass). 

J. Krishnamurti The First and Last Freedom (Harper One).