Alan Jacobs, Poetry for the Spirit
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Alan Jacobs is a retired businessman and art dealer. He has made a lifelong study of mysticism, particularly focusing on the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff, J. Krishnamurti and Douglas Harding. Mr. Jacobs is the chairman of the Ramana Maharshi foundation in the U.K.
He has edited several books, including Poetry for the Spirit; Ramana, Shankara and the Forty Verses; The Wisdom of Balsekar; The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius; and a modern free verse translation of the Bhagavad Gita and the Principal Upanishads.
Alan Jacobs has produced a collection of sacred poetry, „Myrobalan of the Magi,”
Poetry for the Spirit
An Original and Insightful Anthology of Mystical Poems
This inspirational collection of poetry invokes the deeper resonances of the human existence, and the agonies and ecstasies of the mystical path.
This original and insightful anthology of more than 600 mystical poems offers insights into the trials and ecstasies of the mystical path. Drawing on the works of legends such as John Donne, W.B. Yeats, T.S. Elliot, and Dante and famous texts like the Bible, Bhagavad Gita, and Tao Te Ching, Poetry for the Spirit is filled with spiritual inspiration for students at every step on the path to enlightenment. Invoking deep resonances of the human experience, it provides comfort and sustenance.
Alan Jacobs: I was born in 1929 in London. I was a wartime evacuee to the United States at the age of 10, and lived in New York State, attending the Irving School in Tarrytown. I returned to England in 1943 and went to Malvern College, and then served in the Royal Army Education Corps for National Service. I entered our family business and was trained in Management Studies and Clothing Manufacture. I was later appointed the Production Director of Willerby Tailoring. When the family business was sold I became an art dealer and established a reputation as a specialist in Dutch and Flemish 17thC. Paintings, ending up with a Gallery in Duke Street St James’s. I took early retirement and attended poetry workshops at Morley College and the City Literary Institute where I was taught Prosody by Christopher Reid and the late Julia Casterton. I later became a Professional Life Coach (Coaching Academy) and then an author.
From an early age I have been interested in religion and mysticism. I commenced a personal search for truth, and studied comparative religion. I then entered the Gurdjieff Society in 1957 and remained there until the early seventies. I then met Jiddu Krishnamurti, and studied his teachings until 1979. Next, I discovered Ramana Maharshi and have become familiar with his extensive literature and spiritual practice. I am currently President of the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK.
My first book was Dutch And Flemish 17th C. Painters, A Collectors Guide for McGraw Hill. I then compiled an anthology the Element Book of Mystical Verse for Element Books, now republished as Poetry For The Spirit, by Watkins Publishing and Barnes & Noble. As a poet I have versified, for ‘O’ Books both the Bhagavad Gita, the Principal Upanishads. and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, as well as compiling an anthology of quotations for them entitled The Ocean Of Wisdom. For Watkins Publishing I edited Ramana Shankara And The Forty Verses, versified the Gnostic Gospels and compiled an anthology, the Wisdom of Ramesh Balsekar. XLibris have published a volume of my own poetry, Myrobalan of The Magi and a history of London from a spiritual perspective entitled Mysterious London. I have just completed an anthology The Wisdom Of The North American Indians for Watkins Publishing.
This collection of Mastering Music Walks The Sunlit Sea contains only sonnets and roundels. It is the first of a planned series of small collections of poetry for Matador. I have been regularly published by the poetry magazine Reflections, and compiled an anthology of their Poets for the Rowan Press. I have three children, and five grandchildren, and now live in Edgware Middlesex, and annually visit India.
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