Dec 18, 2017
In todayand#8217;s
FBA Dharmabyte, Reflecting
on Old Age and Death, Sangharakshita takes us through a
personal ramble through the history of letters and letter
writing.
As usual the range of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s reflections in this
is hugely impressive and#8211; taking in late mediaeval and 18th C.
letter culture, provocative takes on Christianity, the Romantic
poets and even the economy! Itand#8217;s an education and a
genuine, poignant pleasure to hear him evoke a vanishing art, pass
on old pieces of knowledge and lore, and remember so vividly a
friend now gone with whom he shared, in Keatsand#8217; phrase,
and#8216;a mingling of soulsand#8217;.
From the talk Mingling Souls and#8211; Launching Dear Dinoo, Letters to a Friend given in Birmingham, December 2011.