One Like Silence

To A Fragmented And Conflicted World, One Like Silence Offers A Vision Of Radical Connection, Solidarity, Union. It Opens With The Image Of Two Long-estranged Lovers Joined, After The Death Of One, By An Unbreakable Thread That Weaves Together All Forms In A Timeless Reality. The Spaciousness Of This Metaphor Is Realized In The Various Sections Of The Book As It Celebrates The Ecstasy Of Existence ( Out Of The Blackness Ecstatic ), Grapples With The Alienation Engendered By Trauma And Suffering ( The River Of Affirmation And Joy ) And By Fear And Hate ( Moon In A Muddy Arroyo ), Asserts The Underlying Unity Of Nature ( Enchanted Rock ), Explores The Most Intimate Of Relationships As The Archetype And Ideal Of Union ( The Ordeal Of Marriage ), And Finally Follows The Path Of Love Beyond Love To Claim The Oneness Manifesting All The Diverse Expressions In Form ( Harmony Of Star And Ditch ).