Messenger of the Heart: The Book of Angelus Silesius with Observations by the Ancient Zen Masters

by Frederick Franck and Angelus

Book Overview

The timeless wisdom embedded in these humble rhymes is beautifully echoed by the observations of the ancient Zen masters which punctuate the text, and in the haiku-like drawing by Frederick Franck.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941532704
• ISBN13: 9780941532709
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: World Wisdom Books
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Meeting of Eastern and Western Mysticism through Poetry

From back cover: "Readers of Frederick Franck's 'The Zen of Seeing' will share his delight in discovering the Western mysticism of 17th-century poet, Angelus Silesius, who described his four days and nights of illumination in 'The Cherubinic Wanderer.' Franck has translated and transcribed in calligraphy more than half of these exquisitely simple verses, which are the most accessible and articulate expression of pure mystical illumination that any Westerner has bequeathed to us since Hildegard of Bingen. Franck shows how the verses of the Silesian poet form a bridge between Eastern and Western mysticism by providing a running commentary of observations by the ancient Zen masters of China and Japan."