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In today's brash, come-at-you culture, you may feel that what we all need is quiet, heart-felt, and considered thoughts and feelings that feed our highest hopes and talk to our deepest selves. If so, we at Attar hope you will find this a refreshing, stimulating and inspiring place of repose.
This is our favourite review to date, offered by photographer, Tom Ives, after hearing ECSTASY:
"Brilliant, restful, enchanting, moody, raucous, sweet and romantic. It's like Rumi and Hafiz got together for a stroll and ended up in a cafe where they started with figs and ended with plum brandy."
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This album, inspired by the poetry of E.E. Cummings, composed by New Zealand pianist Norman Meehan, breaks new territory for Norman and his collaborators. Joining Norman are Colin Hemmingsen (reeds), Nick van Dijk (trumpet) and vocalist extraordinaire, Hannah Griffin. Delicate, spacious, melodic, this is music of rare beauty.
"Using a carefully chosen palette of solo instrumental colors to complement the sublime vocals of Hannah Griffin, Norman Meehan has created a series of stunning settings for the poetry of E.E. Cummings. An outstanding production on every level." - Mike Nock
"I really like the way you have given the poet's words room to breathe. And you have spaced out the musical phrasing in a way that is really sensitive to the phrasing and rhythms of the poem. A lovely balance of poem and music. The singer is terrific, and so are all the players. The interludes (Sun, Stars, Moon, etc) make a great overall structure with the poems. And the album is beautifully packaged. Warmest congratulations! It deserves to be widely heard." - Roger Horrocks
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Using concepts drawn from science and contemporary culture, Guided Healing presents a vision of human spirituality appropriate for our times, as we move out of traditional, paternalistic religious allegories and into a rational appreciation of what being spiritual involves.
To spiritual seekers, Guided Healing presents a novel view of the spiritual purpose and benefits of being born into a physical body. Issues covered include the relationship between the spiritual and physical realms, the reason for incarnation, the use of meditation as a means of exploring the spiritual realm, and the significance of soul work.
To healers, Guided Healing offers instruction on how to become a conduit for healing energy that emanates from the spiritual realm. Topics covered include how to contact guides in the spiritual realm, the nature of spiritual perception, and factors which enhance or hinder energy flow during the act of healing.
India's two greatest Medieval poets, Mirabai and Kabir, are among the finest mystic poets in all world literature. This collection presents twenty-one of Mirabai lyrics, and eight poems by Kabir. Two major Upanishads and an introductory essay complete this collection, revealing the spiritual outlook from which Mirabai and Kabir sprang.
Wild and passionate, intense and extraordinary, Mirabai directed all the fiery eroticism of her love towards Krishna. Her powerful devotional songs continue to be sung in India today. Humourous, a straight talker, and always his own man, Kabir was an illiterate weaver whose vision embraced both Indian and Sufi spirituality.
Brilliantly translated into poems that reflect the traditional forms in which Mirabai and Kabir worked, this selection will enchant readers with poetry that remains vital and fresh five centuries after it was originally produced.
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On the battlefield of life, desiring to do our best both practically and spiritually, how should we act? Which attitudes should we adopt? What philosophy should we practise? And how may awareness of both God and our own spiritual self be sustained in the whirl of everyday action?
Translated by Keith while he was living on an ashram in Rajasthan in 1991, and extensively revised for this publication, this translation makes the Gita accessible to Westerners approaching one of the world's greatest spiritual texts for the first time - or for those who have read it previously, but struggled to comprehend its complexity.
This version is written in easily read blank verse, and includes an essay which outlines the Gita's philosophy, and explanatory notes that fill in the background on the Gita's numerous mythological references.
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with John Psathas, David Downes, Tim Prebble
Chris Mason-Battley, Steve Garden
TO BE RELEASED LATE 2009
Clarinetist Manos is one of Greek's greatest musicians. On Aeolian Song he improvises on traditional Greek, Byzantium and Middle Eastern themes. In a unique collaboration, he is joined by New Zealand musicians working in contemporary world, jazz and classical idioms. The result is a profound musical dialogue between old world and new, ancient and modern, folk and improvisation. The album is produced by award-winning composer, John Psathas, and recorded and mixed by Steve Garden.
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