The hidden miraculous : an esoteric reading of yeats', Rilke's and Gore-booth's poetry
According to many thinkers, modernity has ushered a severe fragmentation in the realm of consciousness. This fragmentation has cut us off of an important connection to an “other” realm where spirits and divine truths reside. Esoteric philosophy is the spiritual and intellectual venture to redress...
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| author | Chen, Zoea Tania Jinyan |
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| description | According to many thinkers, modernity has ushered a severe fragmentation in the realm of
consciousness. This fragmentation has cut us off of an important connection to an “other” realm
where spirits and divine truths reside. Esoteric philosophy is the spiritual and intellectual venture
to redress this issue. The proliferation of this philosophy is rooted on a profound belief in the
potentialities of the human mind and the hidden truths from a beyond that harkens back to
primordial times. Such concerns and aspirations were shared by poets who saw an invisible world
looming behind the veil of reality, and through their bodies of poems wanted to release and
illuminate. Such was the disposition of many prolific early twentieth century European poets
whose reputations were characterized by an incomplete understanding of their initial impulses.
This paper thus, seeks to delineate an esoteric, poetic tradition percolating in the early twentieth
century European literary landscape. Paying attention to the works of Rainer Maria Rilke, Eva
Gore-Booth and William Butler Yeats, this exploration aims to trace an intellectual and spiritual line that illustrates an affinity with the esoteric. Although the esoteric tradition is not exclusively
reflected in their oeuvres, the richness and poignancy of Yeats’, Rilke’s and Gore-Booth’s poems
in particular, seemed to create an important echo in the poetic world that was to follow. Such
manifestations indicate a continuity of the esoteric tradition and will be exemplified by brief
examinations of the works by Arsenii Tarkovsky and Dylan Thomas. The analyses within this
paper are framed and informed by thinkers such as P.D Ouspensky, George Gurdjieff, Rudolf
Steiner and Madame Blavatsky whose ideas of esotericism and hermeticism proved to be a great
source of inspiration to the poets we will discuss. In exploring the various affinities between the
poetic form and esoteric philosophies, this research hopes to articulate and shed light on a
tradition’s presence that has been eclipsed for far too long. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1441772021-01-07T00:56:29Z The hidden miraculous : an esoteric reading of yeats', Rilke's and Gore-booth's poetry Chen, Zoea Tania Jinyan Neil Murphy School of Humanities CAMurphy@ntu.edu.sg Humanities::Literature According to many thinkers, modernity has ushered a severe fragmentation in the realm of consciousness. This fragmentation has cut us off of an important connection to an “other” realm where spirits and divine truths reside. Esoteric philosophy is the spiritual and intellectual venture to redress this issue. The proliferation of this philosophy is rooted on a profound belief in the potentialities of the human mind and the hidden truths from a beyond that harkens back to primordial times. Such concerns and aspirations were shared by poets who saw an invisible world looming behind the veil of reality, and through their bodies of poems wanted to release and illuminate. Such was the disposition of many prolific early twentieth century European poets whose reputations were characterized by an incomplete understanding of their initial impulses. This paper thus, seeks to delineate an esoteric, poetic tradition percolating in the early twentieth century European literary landscape. Paying attention to the works of Rainer Maria Rilke, Eva Gore-Booth and William Butler Yeats, this exploration aims to trace an intellectual and spiritual line that illustrates an affinity with the esoteric. Although the esoteric tradition is not exclusively reflected in their oeuvres, the richness and poignancy of Yeats’, Rilke’s and Gore-Booth’s poems in particular, seemed to create an important echo in the poetic world that was to follow. Such manifestations indicate a continuity of the esoteric tradition and will be exemplified by brief examinations of the works by Arsenii Tarkovsky and Dylan Thomas. The analyses within this paper are framed and informed by thinkers such as P.D Ouspensky, George Gurdjieff, Rudolf Steiner and Madame Blavatsky whose ideas of esotericism and hermeticism proved to be a great source of inspiration to the poets we will discuss. In exploring the various affinities between the poetic form and esoteric philosophies, this research hopes to articulate and shed light on a tradition’s presence that has been eclipsed for far too long. Master of Arts 2020-10-19T08:40:26Z 2020-10-19T08:40:26Z 2019 Thesis-Master by Research Chen, Z. T. J. (2019). The hidden miraculous : an esoteric reading of yeats', Rilke's and Gore-booth's poetry. Master's thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144177 10.32657/10356/144177 en This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Humanities::Literature Chen, Zoea Tania Jinyan The hidden miraculous : an esoteric reading of yeats', Rilke's and Gore-booth's poetry |
| title | The hidden miraculous : an esoteric reading of yeats', Rilke's and Gore-booth's poetry |
| title_full | The hidden miraculous : an esoteric reading of yeats', Rilke's and Gore-booth's poetry |
| title_fullStr | The hidden miraculous : an esoteric reading of yeats', Rilke's and Gore-booth's poetry |
| title_full_unstemmed | The hidden miraculous : an esoteric reading of yeats', Rilke's and Gore-booth's poetry |
| title_short | The hidden miraculous : an esoteric reading of yeats', Rilke's and Gore-booth's poetry |
| title_sort | hidden miraculous an esoteric reading of yeats rilke s and gore booth s poetry |
| topic | Humanities::Literature |
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