In A Passion for Seeing, Frederick Franck establishes himself as a prime minister witness to the twentieth century. Read in this anthology the best of Franck’s observations: from the onset of the Second World War to private audiences with Pope John XXIII and H.H. the Dalai Lama, from his work with Albert Schweitzer in Africa to the art and wisdom of ancient Japan, follow his art and thought as they illuminate our world. “Frederick Franck’s work is a perpetual prayer for peace. He implores in not only visually but also through thought. Above all, he asks that we recall the meaning of life, which in the words of Hui Neng, Six Zen Patriarch, to see.” ―from the foreword by David Appelbaum “His sincere dialogues with the spiritual masters of the East show us the possibilities of a universal ecumenism that is rarely experienced.” ―Matthew Fox, author of Original Blessing “For the pilgrim in each of us…what better comparison that Frederick Franck? His wise, witty, compassionate observations-in lively words and livelier drawings-jolt us awake to the wealth of our planetary heritage.” ―Joanna Macy, author of World as Lovers, World as Self. “He simply sees things most people do not…” ―Harvey Cox, author of The Secular City Frederick Franck’s artwork is in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, the Tokyo National Museum, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and other public and private collections. He is the author of over thirty books, including the perennial bestseller The Zen of Seeing (Random House) and Pacem in Terris: A Love Story (Codhill Press) which was recognized by Spirituality and Health magazine as one of the best spiritual books of 2001. At 95 years of age, he continues to be actively engaged in art, activism, writing and the search for meaning in this world

A Passion for Seeing: On Being an Image Maker (Codhill Press)

FRANCK, Frederick

Religion & Spirituality

Codhill Press

An impressionistic history of the Western spiritual tradition. Two powerful motives weave beneath the surface of our spiritual history: the desire to know and the desire to love. The secret history of the West is the story of saints, mystics, alchemists, poets, and philosophers trying to unite these two streams and celebrate the sacred marriage of Logos and Sophia, Word and Wisdom. This book, an impressionistic history of the Western spiritual tradition, follows the traces―from ancient Greece into modern times―of those who sought to know the world and themselves, while realizing that they must overcome themselves to love the world and each other. “Christopher Bamford is one of the few who can wed sagacity and beauty. Reading a text like this sets the heart on fire with love of God and gratitude for those who have devoted their lives, with whatever measure of success, to the myriad paths of the Christian life.” –from the Introduction by Philip Zaleski “Admirers of Christopher Bamford have long waited the great work on the Christian esoteric tradition that they knew he harbored. Now it appears, with all the benefits of ripeness and a life lived with rare spiritual intensity. This is a book to be read and revisited as one’s own wisdom grows, hopefully, to meet it.” –Joscelyn Godwin, author of Harmonies of Heaven and Earth “This profoundly spiritual book…reveals the hidden unity between matter and spirit, between humanity, nature and the divine. Bamford writes under the sign of Hermes and in the tradition of the great spiritual romantics Novalis, Goethe, and Blake. At heart, his work, like theirs, embodies the mystical currents of Christianity. We are fortunate indeed to have such a voice in times like these.” –Arthur Versluis, author of Restoring Paradise, Wisdom’s Children Christopher Bamford is the editor-in-chief of SteinerBooks and Lindsfarne Books. A Fellow of the Lindisfarne Association, he has lectured, taught, and written widely on Western spiritual and esoteric traditions, and is a contributing editor to Lapis magazine. He is the author, translator, and editor to numerous books, including The Voice of the Eagle; Celtic Christianity: Ecology and Holiness; Homage to Pythagoras; Rediscovering Sacred Science; and The Noble Traveller. An essay of his was included in the HarperSanFransico anthology Best Spiritual Writing 2000.

An Endless Trace: The Passionate Pursuit of Wisdom in the West (Codhill Press)

Politics & Social Sciences

Christopher Bamford

Philosophy

Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. Photographs by Jane English. The distilled wisdom of over a dozen years of corporate consulting and a twenty-year meditation practice, LIGHTNING: THE NATURE OF LEADERSHIP combines powerful words with evocative nature photography to reminds us of the larger context in which we live our professional lives. Scher shows us how our actions in our work lives are intimately connected with the larger world we live in, and how natural laws apply to such seemingly mundane activities as meetings, phone calls, and the daily decisions each of us are called to make. The book is a gift to keep nearby for inspiration and guidance, and as a constant reminder of the bigger picture.

Lightning: The Nature of Leadership (Codhill Press)

Scher, Bob

A book-length, epic poem of the town of New Paltz, New York,

Nieuw Pfalz, Book 1 'The Burial' (Codhill Press)

Literature & Fiction

Appelbaum, David

Poetry

Bufalino explores the recent history of tap dance and shares stories about her early training and professional career experiences, as well as the wisdom gleaned from her mentor, partner and collaborator, the late Charles Honi Coles. As a master teacher and biographical performer known for her fluid musicality and extensive vocabulary, Ms. Bufalino's stories, techniques and philosophy will inspire and encourage everyone to find the timber and rhythm of their voice, whether in tap shoes or hiking boots, on the piano or the typewriter, on a mountain trail or on the floorboards.

Tapping The Source: Tap Dance Stories, Theory And Practice

Brenda Bufalino

Humor & Entertainment

“In The Wytheport Tales, Laurence Carr observes ‘Time is warping in the palace.’ And our nights and days are warping in these sly, canny (or are they uncanny?) poems. Most interested in the world when that world is changing, and by turns in-flected, de-fleeted, and re-flected, here fanciful, there matter of fact, Carr’s tales summon twilight presences from the edges of experience, dark, restless, playful, and urgent.” –Robert Polito, Director, New School Writing Program“Though it seems to begin in the land of Dylan Thomas’s Nightwood, it extends beyond that into wonderfully evocative, mythic words that strike me as utterly original in its language and pace.” –Robert H. Waugh, The Monster in the Mirror: Looking for H. P. Lovecraft“With The Wytheport Tales, Laurence Carr gives us a work that shimmers and twists, that undulates across the mind’s eye like a tapestry. At times homely, at others baroque, at still others nightmarish, the collection fits multitudes between its covers. I’m grateful to have been introduced to a sampling of Wytheport’s denizens, and look forwards to many return visits.” –John Langan, Mr. GauntSometimes angst-ridden, sometimes whimsical, sometimes meditative, these short “biographs” depict the life and times of a unique place and its haunting residents. The Wytheport Tales draws inspiration from a range of authors: Dante, Carroll, Joyce, Eliot and Masters, as well as fantasists such as Cabell, Eddison and MacDonald.Laurence Carr’s poetry and microfictions have been performed and published throughout the U.S. Over twenty-five of his plays and theatre pieces, including Vaudeville, Kennedy at Colonus, The Voyage of Mary C. and 36 Exposures have been produced Off and Off-Off Broadway, regionally and throughout Europe. Carr teaches creative and dramatic writing in the Creative Writing Program at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz and directs the SUNY Playwrights Project.

The Wytheport Tales (Codhill Press)

Laurence Carr

A radically innovative blend of poems, prosepoems, and memoir. Voices of Women Singing is about women singing from Paris to Guadeloupe, New York to New Orleans; from the 1950s to the present. It’s about love and song, suffering and loss, tragedy and joy, betrayal and atonement. And it’s funny, too.

Voices of Women Singing

H. R.

Stoneback

A collection of contemporary prose and poetry by women writers from New York’s Hudson Valley. This volume celebrates the contemporary prose and poetry of more than a hundred women from New York’s Hudson Valley. Drawing on writers from the eastern border of New York State to the foothills of the Catskills, and along the length of the Hudson River from Westchester to Albany, editors Laurence Carr and Jan Zlotnik Schmidt bring together a wide variety of female voices that evocatively address issues that touch not only women, but also every reader who desires insight into the human experience. A Slant of Light is divided into five sections, each addressing a theme of women’s lives. The book begins with “Mythos”: representations and revisions of myths of women. The second section, “Body and Gender,” explores visions of the body, gender socialization, and women’s roles. The third section, “Identity,” presents works that examine both how women see themselves and how others see them. The fourth section brings together works presenting women in a variety of roles, such as parent, child, partner, and lover. The last, “Woman in the World,” collects works that meditate on our collective fate in a global world. What distinguishes this volume is the diversity of women’s perspectives in terms of age, ethnicity, cultural background, and subject matter. The book brings together voices both lyrical and edgy, and challenges readers to think deeply about our changing lives in the twenty-first century.

A Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley (Codhill Press)

United States

Eight intimate stories that speak to the spiritual question of what matters in life.

The Glory (Codhill Press)

Rosanne Weston

Literary

Meridian (Codhill Press)

Maire, Mark

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