tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post1224159587051230682..comments2024-03-15T20:32:39.815+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Topical thoughts on listening to Britten's Noye's FluddeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-27796628963620454462014-02-14T19:45:49.313+00:002014-02-14T19:45:49.313+00:00Thanks for those wise words from Paul Brunton, so ...Thanks for those wise words from Paul Brunton, so beautifully expressed in a rather Mabeyesque way. I didn't know this writer; I'll go and find out more.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-69664999660837918112014-02-14T19:27:54.180+00:002014-02-14T19:27:54.180+00:00It should be pointed out that in the generally dep...It should be pointed out that in the generally dependable <i>Journeys East - 20th Century Encounters with Eastern Religious Traditions</i> Harry Oldmeadow has a generally negative view of Paul Brunton, pointing out that his doctorate was self-bestowed and saying that "His ideas in his later years... are almost self-parodic, quirky, sometimes proposterous, and anticipate some of the wilder shores of the later <i>New Age</i> movements".<br /><br />Paul Brunton is one of the figures in esotericism - Idries Shah is another - who generate awe and incredulity in roughly equal measure. But that is not a reason for ignoring them.<br /><br />http://www.worldwisdom.com/public/products/0-941532-57-7_Journeys_East_20th_Century_Western_Encounters_with_Eastern_Religious_Traditions.aspx?ID=117Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-55154696850583906562014-02-14T16:56:36.131+00:002014-02-14T16:56:36.131+00:00Norman Perryman comments via Facebook - 'Such ...Norman Perryman comments via Facebook - 'Such beautiful words by Paul Brunton! Read, all!'<br /><br />Norman, if you don't know them I strongly recommend Paul Brunton's <i>A Search in Secret India</i> and <i>A Hermit In The Himalayas</i>; the quote is taken from the latter book -<br />http://www.randomhouse.com.au/.../a-hermit-in-the...Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-56031771522186820212014-02-14T16:30:08.930+00:002014-02-14T16:30:08.930+00:00My thanks go to Stephen Whitaker for pointing out ...My thanks go to Stephen Whitaker for pointing out quite rightly that the opening sentence of the original version of this post confused the closing lines of <i>The Golden Vanity</i> and <i>Noye's Fludde</i>. My mistake entirely, a case of water on the brain I think - now corrected. Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1871547923767372382014-02-14T14:57:35.219+00:002014-02-14T14:57:35.219+00:00There is video footage of the current floods with ...There is video footage of the current floods with a classical soundtrack here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aEyxzcu4oEPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com