Words from The Dhammapada, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joseph Fasano, Mina Loy - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

The Dhammapada - Eknath Easwaran, translator - Nilgiri Press. 

Poetry by Ursula K. Ke Guin, Joseph Fasano, Mina Loy, Charlie Mehrhoff. 

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Honoring Meir Michel Abehsera author ofThe Possible Man: Life in the Shadow of the Just : voiced by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

The Possible Man: Life in the shadow of the Just  -  by Meir Michel Abehsera, Swanhouse Press. 

Words offered from The Sevenfold Peace - Book 4 / The Teachings of The Elect : THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

The Essene Gospel of Peace : the complete four books in one volume. 

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 Ecstatic poetry of Abul Hasan al-Shustari - Leader of the Withdrawn - and Rocky Mountain Mystic, Jerry Smaldone.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).