The Divine Springtime: A collection of spiritual and poetic thoughts

For those moments of tension, when nerves are jangled and feelings stretched. This book uses short quotes from many spiritual and poetic sources to restore, revise and reassure. Among these quotes there may be one which offers companionship throughout the day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Intellect Books
• Release date: Jan 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9781841503868

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The Divine Springtime

A collection of spiritual and poetic thoughts

Compiled by Juliet Grainger

Paintings by Chris Rowan Grainger

Courtesy of Llewellyn Alexander (Fine Paintings)London

www.Llewellynalexander.com

In memory of my father Eric Harvey, who loved the beauty of words.

Contents

Nature

Calm

Love

Healing

References

Nature

The Divine Springtime is come.

Bestir thyself and magnify before the entire creation the name of God and celebrate His praise, in such wise that all created things may be regenerated and made new.

This is the Day whereon the unseen world crieth out "Great is thy blessedness O earth, for thou hast been made the foot-stool of thy God.

Baha’u’llah

Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away, for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.

Song of Solomon

Blessed is the spot, and the house and the place, and the city, and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea, and the island, and the meadow where mention of God hath been made, and His praise glorified.

Bahai Prayer

Reviews for The Divine Springtime

[true54blue · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The paintings are quite nice and cheerful. However, the quotations are taken out of context in order to fit their overall theme. I think it dishonest to take quotations from various traditions and pretend they are saying the same thing, which just happens to fit your design.