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Title: The Quotable Spirit: A Treasury of Religious and Spiritual Quotations from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century by Peter Lorie, Manuela Dunn-Mascetti ISBN: 0-02-861206-X Publisher: Hungry Minds, Inc Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Spiritual Quotations with Eastern and New Age Emphases
Comment: This is one of three books of religious quotations I keep handy for preparing my sermons and other religious writings. The other two are Treasury of Religous Quotations (Tomlinson) and The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations (Parrinder).

Lorie is a writer/publisher with a special interest in New Age topics. He spent two years in a Tibetan monestary. Mascetti was educated in Switzerland, is fluent in five languages, and spends a month each year at an Indian ashram. As you might expect, their collection has a greater emphasis on Asian religious traditions and New Age topics than my other two quote books. European religious traditions are not ignored, but they are not the overpowering influence found in the other books.

The 2000+ quotations in this collection are arranged under 43 topics. Within each topic, the quotations are arranged chronologically. The length of each quote varies greatly (more than my other collections). At the extremes, Geoffrey Chaucer's quote under "Love" is only three words while Pierre Tielhard de Chardin gets a whole page on "World." Sources popular with the New Age movement (or just the editors' favorites--it's hard to tell) tend to have longer quotes.

An appendix provides brief biographies for all 500+ people cited. These range from a phrase to a paragraph in length, again apparently determined by the editors' interest in the person. I found the key-phrase index to be nearly useless, as each phrase is listed by the first word rather than a significant word, e.g. "As lightning on a Landscape" (Dickinson) is alphabetized under "A." The name index is more helpful.

The sources most frequently cited (other than scriptures or founders of world religions) are: St. Augustine, Francis Bacon, Albert Camus, Carlos Castaneda, Da Free John (Adido), Ralph Waldo Emerson, Kahlil Gibran, Hakim Abu' L-Majd Majdud Sanai of Ghazna, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Nikos Kazantzakis, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Juddhu Krishnamurti, Uppalura Gopala Krisnamurti, D. H. Lawrence, Michel Eyquem Montaigne, Mr. Tut-Tut, Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh), William Shakespeare, The Shivapuri Baba, Virgil (Publius Virgilius Maro), Alan Watts, and Yogaswami.

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Rating: 3
Summary: A Bunch of Quotes
Comment: I suppose this is an o.k. book for anyone wanting a general encyclopedia-type reference book of quotes from the world's most "popular" spiritual writers. There is nothing overtly bad about it, and the hard cover looks nice. The index of the writers that the quotes were taken from also contains a brief description of who they were, which was perhaps the most interesting and useful parts of the book. Many of the quotes the editors chose to include were in my opinion, not really worth the paper, but I guess they wanted to put together a thick book. There is a bit of 'wisdom' contained in the book, but if you took all the good quotes, the book could have been half the size. Overall, a good reference book for popular (yet often redundant) spiritual sayings. Better off to read entire works to gain any real insight though; like the Dhammapada, Tao Te Ching, or if you're feeling extra ambitious, try War And Peace.

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