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Voices of light

by Aliki Barnstone

"These are the voices of women who, throughout the ages, yearned for self-realization and union with the divine. The words of the first known poet were chiseled on cuneiform tablets four thousand years ago. Her name was Enheduanna; she was a moon priestess and daughter of the king of Sumeria, a woman of power and privilege who wrote, "From the doorsill of heaven comes the word: 'Welcome!'" Millennia later, Emily Dickinson would write, "Why - do they shut Me out of Heaven? / Did I sing - too loud?" Voices of Light brings together spiritual poems by women from around the world and allows...

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