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and the 108th selection in the book). The book, he writes, contains words of vision and faith which can become "a light in deep darkness and a refuge in the storm". Many of the passages are translated or rendered by the author. Mascaró's obituary in The Times explained that a collection of mystical
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In all there are 300 selections, each given a title. After the scriptures in the first chapter, the selections in the subsequent chapters broaden to include writings by mystics and poets. The Bible and the Tao De Ching are the two scriptures most fully represented, while the saint most frequently
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gave the book a positive review. The review commented on the combination of art and scholarship in Mascaró's translations and the depth of spiritual insight that ensured every passage would enrich readers' understanding. The reviewer also commended Mascaró on the range of his selections across
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After a preface by Mascaró, the book is divided into four sections each filled with numbered selections. The first section, The Spirit of
Religions, contains selections from the scriptures of each of the major world religions: Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism, Confucianism,
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Mascaró explains his selections in a preface where he maintains that all the passages are lamps of fire that all merge into what John of the Cross called "the lamp of the being of God" (a passage from the
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poetry was entirely natural product from one who "believed that the poetic and the spiritual were one; that religious truth could only be expressed through poetry."
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