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All poems by Rumi and Lalla, translated by Coleman Barks, are reprinted by permission of the translator.
The poem in chapter 1 by Thomas Merton is from The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton, copyright ©1957 by The Abbey of Gethsemani. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.
The quotes in chapter 2 by Rabi’a are from Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, translated by David Ladinsky. Copyright ©2002. Reprinted by permission of the translator.
The poem in chapter 2 by Ikkyü is from "Ten days in this temple and my mind is reeling!" from Wild Ways: Zen Poems, translated by John Stevens. Translation copyright © 1995, 2003 by John Stevens. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, Inc. on behalf of White Pine Press.
The lines in chapter 2 by Ikkyü are from Crow With No Mouth, versions by Stephen Berg. Copyright © 1989, 2000. Reprinted by permission from The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of Copper Canyon Press, coppercanyonpress.org.
The poem in chapter 2 by Ikkyü is from “When, just as they are …” from Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, translated and edited by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto. Copyright ©1995 by Lucien Stryk. Reprinted by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. Any third party use of this material, outside of this publication, is prohibited.
The epigraph opening chapter 8 by Rainer Maria Rilke are from Ahead Of All Parting translated by Stephen Mitchell. Translation copyright ©1995 by Stephen Mitchell. Reprinted by permission of Modern Library, a division of Random House, Inc. Any third party use of this material, outside of this publication, is prohibited. Interested parties must apply directly to Random House, Inc. for permission.
The excerpt in chapter 8 by Elizabeth Cunningham is from The Passion of Mary Magdalen. Copyright ©2007. Reprinted by permission of Monkfish Book Publishing.
The poem in chapter 9 under “Steal Back Her Thunder” is excerpted from The Thunder: Perfect Mind, translated by Jared Callaway, Maia Kotrosits, Justin Lasser, Celene Lillie, Hal Taussig. Copyright ©2010. Reprinted by permission of Palgrave MacMillan.
The excerpt opening the “A.M.” by C. G. Jung is from The Red Book, edited by Sonu Shamdasani, translated by Mark Kyburz, John Peek, and Sonu Shamdasani. Copyright ©2009 by the Foundation of the Works of C. G. Jung. Reprinted by permission of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
The epigraph opening chapter 13 by Vina Von S. is from “The Dark Goddess,” thetruthvixen.wordpress.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The poem in chapter 13 by Carly Stasko is reprinted by permission of the author.
The lines excerpted in chapter 14 by David Whyte are from the poem “Sweet Darkness” in The House of Longing. Copyright ©1997. Reprinted by permission of Many Rivers Press.
The poem in chapter 16 by Hildegard of Bingen is from Holy Power, Holy Presence: Rediscovering Medieval Metaphors for the Holy Spirit by Elizabeth A. Dreyer. Copyright ©2007. Reprinted by permission granted through Copyright Clearance Center on behalf of Paulist Press.
The poem opening chapter 17 by Theodore Roszak is from Where the Wasteland Ends. Copyright ©1973 Bantam. Reprinted by permission of Betty Roszak.
The quote opening chapter 18 by Brian Andreas is from storypeople.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The poem in chapter 18 is by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, from Rhymes and Legends, edited by Stanley Applebaum. Copyright ©2006. Reprinted by permission of Dover Publications, Inc.
The poem in chapter 18 by Hafez, “The Lost Daughter” is from The Angels Knocking On The Tavern Door by Robert Bly and Leonard Lewisohn. Copyright ©2008. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
The poem in chapter 20 by William Stafford, “The Way It Is” from The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems. Copyright ©1998 by the Estate of William Stafford. Reprinted with permission of The Permissions Company, Inc. on behalf of Graywolf Press.
The poem in chapter 20 by Cempulappeyanirar is from The Interior Landscape: Love Poems of a Classical Tamil Anthology, translated by A. K. Ramanujan. Copyright ©1994. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press India © Oxford University Press 1999.
The lines in chapter 21 by Rainer Maria Rilke are from “Gott spricht zu jedem … /God speaks to each of us … ” from Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems To God translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy. Translation copyright ©1996. Reprinted by permission of River-head Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
The lines opening chapter 22 by Pablo Neruda are from “Flies Enter a Closed Mouth” from Five Decades: Poems 1925–1970. Copyright ©1974 by Grove Press, Inc. English translations copyright © 1961, 1969, 1972, 1974 by Ben Belitt. Reprinted by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. Any third party use of this material, outside of this publication, is prohibited.
The transcribed passage in chapter 22 by David Whyte is from the CD Self Compassion. Copyright ©1991. Reprinted by permission of Many Rivers Press.