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In Search of
the
Illumined Path:
A Spiritual Journey with the
Prophet Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran's self-portrait
Paul-Gordon Chandler
has begun work on his next book which will focus on the
spiritual journey of Kahlil Gibran, the early 20th
century Lebanese writer and mystic of Christian
background (best known in the West for his book "The
Prophet"). The book is currently going by the working
title, In Search of the Illumined Path: A Spiritual
Journey with the Prophet Kahlil Gibran.
The book will trace
Kahlil Gibran's spiritual development and highlight what
his spiritual journey and literary and artistic work
have to offer us today in our current global crises. The
research for this book will include visiting the places
integral to Gibran's life journey…various places in
Lebanon, Boston, Paris, London, New York City, and
Savannah, Georgia (where the largest collection of
Gibran paintings is held). The depth of Gibran's
spirituality was profound and his journey and work have
much to offer us at this moment in time.
In this regard,
Paul-Gordon was recently in the snowy mountains of
Lebanon to visit the Kahlil Gibran Museum, in the
village of Bscharri, where Kahlil Gibran was born.
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Songs in Waiting:
Reflections on the Songs
Surrounding Christ’s Birth
A small book of spiritual
meditations for the Advent season--on the four songs sung around
the birth of Jesus: Song of Mary--traditionally called "The
Magnificat" from the Latin, the Song of Zecharias- known as
"The Benedictus", the Song of the Angels to the
Shepherds—known as "The Gloria", and the Song of
Simeon—known as "The Nunc Dimittis "…four songs that many
artists over the centuries have tried to portray or put to
music.
Each chapter will be pulling
from the Arts...visual and literary...that have been used to
bring the scenes around these four Biblical Advent songs to
life. The book will also emphasize the Middle Eastern cultural
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