Temenos Academy Review 2016

The annual Temenos Academy Review is always a feast of wisdom, and this year is no exception. It provides about 20 articles on a wide variety of topics, then some extensive book reviews along with a few poems and icons. Among the articles that struck me were Shelley and the India of Imagination by Kathleen Raine, whose letters to Robert Graves are also featured. Then Reimagining the Grail Quest: the Grail of Compassion. This is a journey of seeking, which is about finding ourselves as well as understanding that we are part of something larger in terms of moving from isolation to belonging. We transform through seeing ourselves in the other and by the opening the heart. The article on the icon tradition takes up some of the same themes, culminating in transfiguration. One understands that making an icon is a form of prayer. Joseph Milne provides an analysis of David Abram's critique of Plato, while another highlight iss Grevel Lindop writing about Raimundo Panikkar and his beautiful being as well as exquisite scholarship. Reflecting on the Church, Panikkar he thinks there is much to be forgiven in its history, but remarks that forgiveness demands repentance. There are also appreciations for the late Suheil Bushrui, the editor of the speeches of the Prince of Wales.