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The Poetry Oracle
Amber Guetebier
Brenda Knight
出版
CCC Publishing
, 2008
主題
Literary Criticism / Poetry
Body, Mind & Spirit / General
Body, Mind & Spirit / Divination / General
Body, Mind & Spirit / Divination / Fortune Telling
Poetry / General
Poetry / Anthologies (multiple authors)
ISBN
1888729384
9781888729382
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PQLCUkWVi2YC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Combining poetry with divination, this collection resurrects the ancient Greek art of Rhapsodomancy, or divining one's fortune or destiny through the use of poetry or verse. Harkening back to antiquity, when Polyhymnia?the muse of sacred poetry?and Calliope?the muse of epic poetry?were invoked for guidance, each page of this anthology contains three poetic excerpts, chosenafor theiraoracular wisdom. Readers are asked to contemplate a question and then randomly select an excerpt, which will offer revelations and inspiration for further contemplation. Excerpts are drawn from poets throughout the ages, including Sappho, Li Po, Rumi, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Dylan Thomas, aWilliam Blake, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Though designed as a prophetic tool, it can also be used as an introduction to some of the world's greatest poets."