Vladimir Solovyov: All in azure today

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All in azure today

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by Vladimir Solovyov
(1853 - 1900) Timeline

English version by
Ivan M. Granger

Original Language
Russian

Christian : Eastern Orthodox

Secular or Eclectic

19th Century

All in azure today
was my queen -- here, before me, --
My heart hammered with sweet delight,
and in rising streams
my soul was lit with silent light.
But in the distance, burning down,
the fierce earth fire smoked from the ground.

1875

Themes

Bliss

Fire

Heart

Honey

Silence

Recommended Books

	Dostoevsky and Soloviev: The Art of Integral Vision, by Marina Kostalevsky
	The Heart of Reality: Essays on Beauty, Love and Ethics, by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov / Edited by Vladimir Wozniuk
	The Justification of the Good: An Essay on Moral Philosophy, by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov / Edited by Boris Jakim
	Lectures on Divine Humanity: (Library of Russian Philosophy), by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov / Edited by Boris Jakim
	The Meaning of Love: (Library of Russian Philosophy), by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov

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This short poem was composed by Solovyov in Cairo in November, 1875, apparently on the very same day ("today... here, before me") as his transformative mystical encounter with Sophia ("my queen").

Savor these words -- they are the brief, breathless first impressions in the giddy aftermath of mystical initiation and transformation.

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