The ProphetSenate, 2002 - 113 עמודים In a distant, timeless place, a mysterious prophet walks the sands. At the moment of his departure, he wishes to offer the people gifts, but he possesses nothing. The people gather round, each asks a question of the heart, and the man's wisdom is his gift. It is Gibran's gift to us, as well, for Gibran's prophet is rivaled in his wisdom only by the founders of the world's great religions. On the most basic topics--marriage, children, friendship, work, pleasure--his words have a power and lucidity that in another era would surely have provoked the description "divinely inspired." Free of dogma, free of power structures and metaphysics, consider these poetic, moving aphorisms a 20th-century supplement to all sacred traditions--as millions of other readers already have |
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עמוד 9
... Almitra . And she was a seeress . And he looked upon her with exceeding tender- ness , for it was she who had first sought and believed in him when he had been but a day in their city . And she hailed him , saying : Prophet of God , in ...
... Almitra . And she was a seeress . And he looked upon her with exceeding tender- ness , for it was she who had first sought and believed in him when he had been but a day in their city . And she hailed him , saying : Prophet of God , in ...
עמוד 93
Kahlil Gibran. HEN Almitra spoke , saying , We would ask THEN now of Death . And he said : You would know the secret of death . But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life ? The owl whose night - bound eyes are ...
Kahlil Gibran. HEN Almitra spoke , saying , We would ask THEN now of Death . And he said : You would know the secret of death . But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life ? The owl whose night - bound eyes are ...
עמוד 96
Kahlil Gibran ? AND ND now it was evening . And Almitra the.
Kahlil Gibran ? AND ND now it was evening . And Almitra the.
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answered aught beauty beloved bless body boundless breath city gate city walls cloth dance dawn deeds deeper delight desires dream drink dwell ears earth ecstasy empty ether evil eyes fain fear fields flower flute forest fragrance freedom freedom-song fruit garment gather gazing gifts give unto giver god-self greater hand heard heart HEN Almitra spoke hidden hills hunger KAHLIL GIBRAN knowledge laughter life's lifts lips longing look love's lute man's mist mountains move in passion naked ND a woman needs ness night noontide offend oftentimes Orphalese pain peace pleasure pray prayer quiver remember rise roots rudder sails sand-towers secret seek shadow ship sing sleep song sorrow soul walks space Speak spirit stand stone stream tears temple invisible things thirst thought tides to-morrow tree truth Verily vineyards voice weaver weep wine winepress wings words