It’s an entirely new collection drawn from the river of poetry that spontaneously poured out of Rumi. As dispatches from the Beyond–within, Rumi’s voice is sometimes ecstatic, sometimes intimate, sometimes funny--but always washed by a deep and soulful longing. His words, which have long carried the authority of revelation in the Middle East, are gaining a similar reputation in the West. In a time of colliding belief systems, he opens a door into a vast open space where the human family can meet in generous communion, where spirit is experienced face to face as friend and beloved,

ONE SONG reaffirms Green’s place in an underground movement that has been called the re-enchantment of art. This is a returning to the initiatory origins of art, art as catalyst for sacred perception. Merging renderings of Rumi’s poetry with his unforgettable images, he brings the traditional approach of “illumination” into a new millennium. Meaning expands beyond words into deeper understanding. Deftly weaving different artistic traditions together into a common sensibility, his work takes full advantage of our modern access to the entire body of human esthetic / spiritual achievement. Encountering Rumi this way is a journey into a universal heart.

In his native land, Rumi’s poetry has always been celebrated with music. Friends gather and improvise songs around favorite passages, often passing the night together in a deepening journey into the heart. Now, as Rumi’s popularity continues to grow in the west, it was perhaps inevitable that this kind of communion--what Rumi called Sobet--would find a form appropriate to our ears. The tone-perfect vehicle came to Green and a group of musicians in an unexpected inspiration: Rumi's spiritual longing could merge seamlessly with the home-grown yearning of our own homegrown Appalachian / blues / gospel music. The Illumination Band was born, and its genre-blending music CD comes with this book as a gift of love to the reader. The performances have already won the band--which includes Michael’s son Kabir--standing ovations at concert venues across the country.

ONE SONG is a gift for seekers and lovers and peacemakers, and anyone seeking a bridge between faiths--or a glimpse of the hidden treasure which is the birthright of all human beings!


			The Re-enchantment of Art All religions, all this singing, one song. The differences are just illusion and vanity, the sun's light looks a little different on this wall, than it does on that wall but it's still one light . (Translation by Coleman Barks) One Song is a new and expansive celebration of the poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi, the 13th-century Persian mystic whose words have struck a resonant chord in the hearts of American searchers. In this latest offering, Michael Green continues to explore the elegant merging of word and art that made the first Illuminated Rumi (created in collaboration with his friend Coleman Barks) a national best-seller.
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