Lewis Thompson Journals of an Integral Poet Volume One 1932-1944

Volume One of Lewis Thompson's journals takes us into the everyday world of India's sub-continent in the 1930's and 40's through the prism of a fierce spiritual aspirant and intellect. The whole in this atmosphere he writes suggests a superhuman discipline and dignity a passion a sensuality for what is prior to Being and Non-being-astringent like the taste of iron. We share his meetings with Sri Aurobindo Sri Ramana Maharshi J. Krishnamurti Anandamayi Ma and Sri Krishna Menon.. We experience his attempts to integrate a Western heritage-Christ Blake Yeats Rimbaud Pascal-with the exigencies of Indian gnosis. We marvel at his self-invented writing yoga whose bold vocabulary juxtaposes many levels of consciousness - waking dreaming visionary bhakti yoga jnana yoga tantra and vedanta. This is a jewel of a book for those interested in the power which consecrates us beyond ourselves. For the intimate context these journals provide this book is a must for readers of Thompson's aphorisms (Mirror to the Light) and poetry (Black Sun). Edited with an introduction and commentary by Richard Lannoy. Foreword by Dr. Harry Oldmeadow LaTrobe University.