{"product_id":"9780872862913","title":"Scripture of the Golden Eternity","description":"Author: Jack Kerouac\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780872862913\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: City Lights Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Jan 2001\u003cbr\u003ePages: 62 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese classic Kerouac meditations, zen koans, and prose poems express the poet's beatific quest for peace and joy through oneness with the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Scripture of the Golden Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e is fueled by Kerouac's discerning meditation on the nature of impermanence \u0026amp; consciousness, subtle like the dharma it invokes. We're here to disappear, therefore let's be as vivid \u0026amp; generous as we can. The intelligence \u0026amp; compassion behind this text is still alive.\" -Anne Waldman, The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Scripture of the Golden Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e is Jack Kerouac's statement of confidence in his oneness with the universe of energy and form, a confidence to which his whole being swelled. His was not the search for the ecstasy of the mystic or psychedelic or the Artaud-mad. He sought a recognition in philosophy of his early sense that his body participated in the universal forms of energy with a quality of exuberance-that \"serious exuberance\" which he so accurately called jazz.\" -Eric Mottram, Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Kerouac (1922-1969) was a principal actor in the Beat Generation, a companion of Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady in that great adventure. His books include \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLonesome Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVisions of Cody\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePomes All Sizes\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights), \u003ci\u003eScattered Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights), and \u003ci\u003eThe Scripture of the Golden Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919265906846,"sku":"ING-9780872862913","price":28.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780872862913.jpg?v=1782809480","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780872862913","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}