Invitations, Invocations

111 Mystical Poems and Contemplative Prompts

By: Jeff Campbell

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

There is something wonderful and glorious that happens when we try to put words to a task they were never meant to do. One level, failure here is inevitable. On another level, this wonderful failure awakens us to a world that runs deeper than definitions.
The 111 poems in Invitations, Invocations welcome the reader into a space where words cease to function. They explore topics like love, God, and being fully present to the moment. Each is accompanied with a brief meditative prompt meant to help the reader dive deeper into this world where the words are only fingers pointing at the moon.
Quirky, contemplative, wry, and provacotive, these words follow a proud tradition of writers like Rumi, Mary Oliver, St John of the Cross, Hafez, and Wendell Berry. Invitations and Invocations seeks to illuminate the soul and build a joy for playing in the mental landscape established by those who would stretch and challenge the very nature of language itself to express that which is Transcendent.