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Overview
"There is nothing wiser than the circle," Rilke says in his Stories of God. In The Circle Dance of Time, John Dunne explores the wisdom of the circle, emphasizing the far point on the circle, farthest away from God, and using that to discuss the difficulties of our secular age. In the individual life, the far point is a dark night of the soul. Yet Dunne sees that far point of loneliness and darkness as a turning point as well, marking the return to love and light. So the theme of the book is like the words of an old Bedouin to Lawrence of Arabia, "The love is from God, and of God, and towards God." The book concludes with the words of twenty-one "Circle Songs," composed by the author.
Synopsis
"There is nothing wiser than the circle," Rilke says in his Stories of God. In The Circle Dance of Time, John Dunne explores the wisdom of the circle, emphasizing the far point on the circle, farthest away from God, and using that to discuss the difficulties of our secular age. In the individual life, the far point is a dark night of the soul. Yet Dunne sees that far point of loneliness and darkness as a turning point as well, marking the return to love and light. So the theme of the book is like the words of an old Bedouin to Lawrence of Arabia, "The love is from God, and of God, and towards God." The book concludes with the words of twenty-one "Circle Songs," composed by the author.
Editorials
From the Publisher
"Almost every sentence calls on readers to meditate, to ponder images until insights come, to become aware through these insights of 'God with us' in our own hearts, and finally to experience our lives and world as taking part in the great circle of God's love. None of this come easily . . . . Dunne invites us to make the effort, even if only a paragraph a day, to share the vision and join the dance." -- America