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Part 1 : GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès - this episode features a reading of the book's brief introduction along with the opening chapter of this spectacular literary and spiritual effort. Originally written in French, then published in France in 1929 under the title La Nouvelle Création, Genesis Rejuvenated was not available in English until 1973; both publications are now rare. Genesis Rejuvenated was translated from the French by Edouard Roditi.Before the Page, in successive episodes, will continue with the reading of Genesis Rejuvenated until listeners hear it all. La Nouvelle Création : Au Sans Pareil, Paris 1929Genesis Rejuvenated : The Menard Press, London 1973

Words from WOLFKILLER - early chapters on Observation & Gratitude.WOLFKILLER : Wisdom from a Nineteenth-Century Navajo Shepherd - as recorded by Louisa Wade Wetherill, compiled by Harvey Leake : published by GIBBS SMITH - Layton, Utah. "the sun / she / is setting...." - EARTH PRAYERS from around the world : 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth (HarperSanFrancisco), PEACE ON EARTH (Ballantine).Readings by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

The Path of Light - reading from WOLFKILLER : Wisdom from a Nineteenth-Century Navajo Shepherd - as recorded by Louisa Wade Wetherill - compiled by Harvey Leake - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. WOLFKILLER: Wisdom from a Nineteenth-Century Navajo Shepherd - published by Gibbs-Smith - Layton, Utah. 

Attention & Will : an essay composed by Simone Weil during the last years of her short life. Translated by Emma Craufurd. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

J. Krishnamurti asks and then addresses the question: Can peace be brought about by the mind. - He also answers the question: Will you please teach me how to love. - The words featured in this episode come from talks that Krishnamurti gave, talks that were compiled into book form. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. Living in an Insane World  : Selected Passages - 1989 - J. KrishnamurtiLife Ahead : On Learning and the Search for Meaning - 1963 - J. KrishnamurtiThink on These Things - 1964 - J. KrishnamurtiThe Awakening of Intelligence  - 1973 - J. Krishnamurti [email protected] 

Selections from the DIVINE FLASHES of Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - translated by William Chittick & Peter Lamborn Wilson - read by Charlie Mehrhoff.Divine Flashes - Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - translated by William Chittick & Peter Lamborn Wilson : Paulist Press, New York 1982 

Words from The Dhammapada, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joseph Fasano, Mina Loy - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.The Dhammapada - Eknath Easwaran, translator - Nilgiri Press. Poetry by Ursula K. Ke Guin, Joseph Fasano, Mina Loy, Charlie Mehrhoff. [email protected]

Honoring Meir Michel Abehsera author ofThe Possible Man: Life in the Shadow of the Just : voiced by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. The Possible Man: Life in the shadow of the Just  -  by Meir Michel Abehsera, Swanhouse Press. 

Words offered from The Sevenfold Peace - Book 4 / The Teachings of The Elect : THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.The Essene Gospel of Peace : the complete four books in one volume. 

Sufi Parables from the Qadari Order & other seekers of Divine Love. Ecstatic poetry of Abul Hasan al-Shustari - Leader of the Withdrawn - and Rocky Mountain Mystic, Jerry Smaldone.The Way of the Sufi - Idries Shah. Tiny Tales from the Sufis - Laura Gibbs : https://pressbooks.pub/sufis/chapter/chapter-1/Regarding Abul Hasan al-Shustari : from the Let's Talk Religion podcast : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te-ohX1qfHs&t=1219shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgUAknrGu7Ypoetry of al-Shushtari:https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/sulaymanibnqiddees/2017/09/08/shushtari-red-red-wine/ [email protected]

Allen Afterman on Poetry & Song. Charles Reznikoff : Messianic, Palestine Under the Romans, Kaddish. Charlie Mehrhoff : Eons Ago, Messiah, Impossible Times, One Last Shot Glass. Kabbalah and Consciousness & the Poetry of Allen Afterman : Sheep Meadow Press.The Complete Poems of Charles Reznikoff (1918-1975) : Black Sparrow Press :: Pieces read originally published in Separate Way (1936). [email protected]

Rav Kook : the Poet of Repentance - - reading of prose poetry related to the subject of Repentance (Teshuva) composed by Rav Kook --  translated into English from Hebrew by Rachel Tova Ebner : printed in a most exquisite book, The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, by Mosaica Press. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/[email protected]

Opening with The Miser & The Angel of Death - a parable by Attar of Nishapur, this episode challenges listeners to search themselves for the essential. - - We also feature the poetry and prose of T'ao Ch'ien (365-427 CE), considered by many as the grandfather of the Chinese poetic tradition :: Read by Before The Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.The Miser & The Angel of Death - The Way of the Sufi - edited by Idries Shah.Words of T'ao Ch'ien - Classical Chinese Poetry: an anthology - translated and edited by David Hinton. [email protected]

IN PRAISE OF TREES - words offering gratitude, homage, awe and love for trees. Rabindranath Tagore, W.S. Merwin, Attar, John Wright, Ryokan, a chapter from The Essene Gospel of Peace, a teaching of the Chisti Sufi Order, a prayer from Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Etty Hillesum, Aura Chaya Gispan - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.Rebbe Nachman of Breslov - prayer for going amongst the trees - - In Praise of Trees - Rabindranath Tagore - - "Let the trees be consulted...." poetry of John Wright - from Earth Prayers from Around the World  - - To a Leaf Falling in Winter - W.S. Merwin - - A Tree Unaware of Its State - Attar of Nishapur - -The Garden - Sufi teaching from the Chisti Order, The Way of The Sufi, Idries Shah - - "Walking along a narrow path...." Zen Master Ryokan, trans. John Stevens ONE ROBE, ONE BOWL -- The Chapter TREES from The Essene Gospel of Peace - translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely -- "....the tree outside my window...." from An Interrupted Life : the Diaries of Etty Hillesum - - "Blessed are the trees...." - Aura Chaya Gispan - - Invitation to the Present & Reflection on Wind  - Words to Light Eternity  - Charlie [email protected]

FADING INTO SPRING : Words to honor the essence of trees. Inspirational writing on Tu B'Shvat by Sarah Yehudit Schneider & David Scaduto. Poetry by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mary Oliver, Maria Berardi, Rumi, Thich Nhat Hanh - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.Shevat: Renewing the Divine Flow - David Scaduto, posted on the Sefaria platform: https://www.sefaria.org/textsThe Shekhina's Tu B'Shvat - Sarah Yehudit Schneider - author of Dark Matters of the Soul : The Kabbalah of Shame - and - Kabbalistic Writings on the Nature of Masculine & Feminine. Sarah Yehudit Schneider is the founder of A STILL SMALL VOICE - discover more about her wonderful teachings and work by going to  https://astillsmallvoice.orgPoems: When Autumn Came - Faiz Ahmed Faiz :When I am among the trees - Mary Oliver : Evergreen - Maria Berardi : The Indian Tree - Rumi (trans. Coleman Barks) : You Are My Garden - Thich Nhat Hanh : The Tree Of Life In Winter - Charlie Mehrhoff 

Words Regarding Sanctity: Abraham J. Heschel, Carlo Suarès, Attar, Maria Berardi, Rav Kook, Etty Hillesum, Li Po - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.Who Is Man? - Abraham J. Heschel (Stanford University Press).The Second Coming of YHSHWH: The Rabbi Called Jesus Christ (Weiser Books).The Conference of the Birds - Attar : translated by Sholeh Wolpe (Norton).The Possible Man - Meir Michel Abehsera (Swanhouse Press).The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook - translated by Rachel Tova Ebner (Mosaica Press).Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life - The Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerbork (Pantheon).

Courage & Liberty - an offering of words from Leonard Cohen, Walt Whitman, René Char, Alexandra Smyth, Charlie Mehrhoff - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.Leonard Cohen's words regarding Ariel Sharon were read from Matti Friedman's book Who By Fire. Leonard's words on courage can be found in Leonard's book entitled The Flame (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).The words of René Char - from Leaves of Hypnos, translated by Cid Corman.

REGARDING FEAR: Words from Taittiriya Upanishad, Thich Nhat Hanh, Khalil Gibran, Sabine Miller, Hafiz, Idit Miriam Codish, M.K. Gandhi, Clint Frakes, Maria Beradi, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Frank Herbert, H.F. Noyes, White Eagle - read by host Charlie Mehrhoff. Contact us at : [email protected]

M.K. Gandhi's letters to Adolph Hitler, Jiddu Krishnamurti - on how to overcome nationalism. A brief message by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Poems of Rumi and Kabir translated by Daniel Ladinsky. - Reading by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West - translated by Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin, Compass). J. Krishnamurti The First and Last Freedom (Harper One). 

Readings from Rabindranah Tagore's GITANJALI (Song Offerings), Attar's THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS, Jerry Smaldone, Sabine Miller, Psalm 10, Rav Kook - read by host Charlie Mehrhoff. The Conference of the Birds - Attar, translated by Sholeh Wolpé (Norton).The Torah of Tomorrow - Rav Kook, translated by Rachel Tova Ebner (Mosaica). https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/?v=0b3b97fa6688

The Night Before Creation, or, Midnight in Medzhybizh - by Idit Miriam Codish - takes listeners along on her recent incredible journey to the Ba'al Shem Tov's Tzion, gravesite, in the Ukraine. Idit's prose is simultaneously wild and grounded. There is an ecstatic transference, a down-to-earth holiness, that somehow occurs while listening to Idit's story.

Featuring the words of Rabindranath Tagore, Arthur Rimbaud, Dina Awwad-Srour, Charles Reznikoff, Charlie Mehrhoff. The centerpiece of this episode is a work of non-fiction entitled The Museum of Gush Etzion  composed by Dina Awwad-Srour - originally published online in FIKRA : https://fikra-magazine.com/article/183

Circles & Such - C. Mehrhoff reads Black Elk, Rilke, A.C. Koch, Mary Oliver, Dogen, Lew Welch, Scarecrow. Words regarding circles, then going beyond - yet always within. 

Featuring the poetry of Hanna Yerushalmi, Aura Chaya Gispan, Rav Kook & Charles Reznikoff - along with a real life telling by Idit Miriam Codish. Before the Page is hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff - listeners can reach us with comments, concerns, etc. at [email protected]

The Rich Man - and - The Mad Dancers - read by Charlie Mehrhoff. Words from The Golden Mountain first published in 1932, and republished again, decades later, under the title Classic Hassidic Tales - translated and compiled from Hebrew, Yiddish and German sources - by Meyer Levin. 

Poetry of Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabia, Sabine Miller, Maria Berardi, Jerry Smaldone, Charlie Mehrhoff.Thich Nhat Hanh - Call Me by My True Names. Rabia - Love Poems from God - translated & compiled by Daniel Ladinsky.Circumference of Mercy - Sabine MillerCasandra Gifts, poems by Maria Berardi. https://maria-berardi.com/links-to-publications/Fatto a Mano - Jerry SmaldoneWords to Light Eternity - Charlie Mehrhoff

Words from WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? The Case for Constructive Peace - composed by Aldous Huxley, published in 1936. We open with a piece regarding the legend of the Sword and the Stone  entitled Beyond All Myth. We also include a wonderful poem from Sabine Miller's Circumference of Mercy,  Mountains & Rivers Press.If you wish to reach out to Before the Page - the email address is: [email protected]

Rav Kook - Selected readings from The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook - Rachel Tova Ebner, translator.Read by Charlie Mehrhoff. ONE SONG - recently published book available from MosicaPress - https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/

The Book of James - aka The Epistle of James  - aka The Gospel of James - read by BEFORE THE PAGE host Charlie 'Scarecrow' Mehrhoff. It is only fitting that The Book of James, lampooned by Martin Luther as The  Epistle of Straw is rendered into speech by the old Scarecrow.Anyone with a desire to reach out to Before the Page - our email: [email protected]

The Man Who Planted Trees  by Jean Giono read by Before the Page Podcast host Charlie Mehrhoff.Copies of the book, The Man Who Planted Trees, featuring exquisite wood engravings by Michael McCurdy are available from CHELSEA GREEN PUBLISHING by going to the publisher's website at - https://www.chelseagreen.com Anyone wishing to communicate with the Before the Page Podcast please go to [email protected] 

Selections from Thomas Merton, G.I. Gurdjieff, Rabindranath Tagore, Idries Shah,  Rav Kook, Clint Frakes, Charlie Mehrhoff. To obtain a copy of The Torah of Tomorrow: One Song - teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook (Rav Kook) - in Hebrew & English, translated by Rachel Tova Ebner, Mosaica Press - go to https://mosaicapress.com Copies of Myths, Beasts & the Ways of Water : Poems by Clint Frakes - can be obtained from Seven Worlds Press - go to https://sevenworldspress.com 

Episode #9 features the words of Carlo Suarès.  It opens with The Eight Propositions from Carlo's seminal book The Second Coming of Reb YHSHWH   This episode also features a reading (in English) of Quoi Israel?, an essay penned by Suarès in 1954 in Alexandria, Egypt. In Quoi Israel? (What Israel?) Suarès provides his striking spiritual/political view of the then nascent State of Israel.  Here's a brief list (English titles) of Suarès publications: Genesis Rejuvenated, The Second Coming of Reb YHSHWH, The Resurrection of the Word, The Cipher of Genesis, The Sepher Yetsira, The Song of Songs, Krishnamurti & the Unity of Man, Chromatic Hyperbola, The Passion of Judas. Note: Carlo Suarès did most of his writing in French. If you are fluent in French, and if you are interested in the words of Carlo Suarès - just know that you will have a lot of options.Anyone wishing to connect with Charlie Mehrhoff, the host of Before the Page please email : [email protected]  

This episode of Before the Page is for the children. Listen to a poetic piece by Rav Kook:  https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/ - and a wonderful retelling of a Jataka tale, Brave Little Parrot, by Rafe Martin: https://www.rafemartin.com/ This episode also features 2 children's picture book manuscripts composed by Nora & Charlie Mehrhoff - Mama at the Mango Tree - and - Beyond the Big.For more information about Mama Dolfine, the heroine of Mama at the Mango Tree, and about how one may help the orphans and vulnerable children around Kisumu, Kenya go to https://www.rippleeffectproject.org/To learn more about Goliath the big beautiful Belgian horse and about the crucial work being done at Pal-O-Mine Equestrian - visit: https://pal-o-mine.org/The host of Before the Page, Charlie Mehrhoff, can be reached at [email protected]

Selected readings from Carlo Suarès, Rumi and Clint Frakes. Also, features words from Rachel Tova Ebner's stunning translations of Rav Kook.The Rav Kook translations read from on Before the Page are available via Mosaica Press - under the title The Torah of Tomorrow: One Song: https://mosaicapress.com/bookshop/?srsltid=AfmBOor6YTHlm_NEv4FgOAz5-ZokFGEIFk7lRp_cBrxOPJr3ckLWBQq9To obtain a copy of Myths, Beasts & the Ways of Water by Clint Frakes - go to https://www.sevenworldspress.com/Copies of Words to Light Eternity by Charlie Mehrhoff can be obtained from Amazon.com 

Readings from: Walt Whitman, The Essence Gospel of Peace, Earth Prayers (Harper), Words to Light Eternity (Charlie Mehrhoff), Rabindranath Tagore - also featuring recently published translations of Rav Kook's 'Gleamings' translated from the Hebrew by Rachel Tova Ebner - Mosaica Press. Contact BEFORE THE PAGE at: [email protected]

This episode of Before the Page features words regarding direction - excerpts from the Tao Te Ching, Attar, Mahatma Gandhi, Hannah Hurnard, Thich Nhat Hahn, Ryokan, Herman Hesse, etc. 

Words composed by the reader featured in the Country Valley Press chapbook publication: We have come to believe. Available at: https://www.amazon.com/have-come-believe-Charlie-MehrhoffCopies of The Sky at Night: Writings of the Children of Korando - compiled by Charlie Mehrhoff - available by contacting Ripple Effect Project: https://www.rippleeffectproject.org/If you wish to reach out to Before the Page with comments, suggestions, words - we would love to hear from you: [email protected]

Saint Teresa of Avila, Rumi, an inspiring distillation of Moshe Cordevero's Palm Tree of Devorah - hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff

This, the first episode of Before the Page features an eclectic offering of words to inspire nonviolence: Thich Nhat Hanh, Krishamurti, the Tao Te Ching, Hannah Hurnard, Saint Thomas, Sa'adi, Mahatma Gandhi, others. Hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff.