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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Charlie beforethepage@gmail.com https://storage.buzzsprout.com/4cdab6afvnv7xkq7zno14ygfrz5p?.jpg Before the Page GAZING AT FLOWERS :: Haiku of Issa, Michelle Tennison & Santoka GAZING AT FLOWERS :: Haiku of Issa, Michelle Tennison & Santoka Gazing at Flowers :: selections of haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Michelle Tennison, & Santoka Taneda :: read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

The Essential Haiku : Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa - edited by Robert Hass : ECCO Press, Hopewell, New Jersey 1994

Walking Into the Wind : A sweep of poems by Santoka, versions by Cid Corman : Cadmus Editions, San Francisco, California 1990



]]> Gazing at Flowers :: selections of haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Michelle Tennison, & Santoka Taneda :: read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

The Essential Haiku : Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa - edited by Robert Hass : ECCO Press, Hopewell, New Jersey 1994

Walking Into the Wind : A sweep of poems by Santoka, versions by Cid Corman : Cadmus Editions, San Francisco, California 1990



]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-19242825 Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 1278 43 full false GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès : Part 4 GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès : Part 4 Part 4 : GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès, translated by Edourad Roditi - this episode (#42) opens with a haiku composed by Michelle Tennison - then continues on with our sequential and final audible offering of this seminal work, Genesis Rejuvenated.

We begin where we left off with Chapter 3 / Within the Heart :: The Crystal Well, The Life of the Heart, The Heart of All, And a Man Who Was Seeking, Then a Man Sought, Loneliness, The Pool of Genius, And Which Knows, The End of the Great Horror, Beatitude, The Conquerer, Those Who Died. 

La Nouvelle Création : Au Sans Pareil, Paris 1929.

Genesis Rejuvenated : The Menard Press, London 1973.

]]> Part 4 : GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès, translated by Edourad Roditi - this episode (#42) opens with a haiku composed by Michelle Tennison - then continues on with our sequential and final audible offering of this seminal work, Genesis Rejuvenated.

We begin where we left off with Chapter 3 / Within the Heart :: The Crystal Well, The Life of the Heart, The Heart of All, And a Man Who Was Seeking, Then a Man Sought, Loneliness, The Pool of Genius, And Which Knows, The End of the Great Horror, Beatitude, The Conquerer, Those Who Died. 

La Nouvelle Création : Au Sans Pareil, Paris 1929.

Genesis Rejuvenated : The Menard Press, London 1973.

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-19181624 Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 2551 42 full false GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès : Part 3 GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès : Part 3 Part 3 : GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès - this episode continues on from Chapter 2 / The First Day - reading the following sections in sequence : The First Night, The Second Day, The Second Night, The Third Day, The Third Night, The Minor Genesis, The Minor Shadow, The Flight of the Seventh Day, The Continents.

Before the Page will finish with its presentation of Genesis Rejuvenated in its entirety in our next episode, episode 42. 

La Nouvelle Création : Au Sans Pareil, Paris 1929. 

Genesis Rejuvenated : The Menard Press, London 1973

]]> Part 3 : GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès - this episode continues on from Chapter 2 / The First Day - reading the following sections in sequence : The First Night, The Second Day, The Second Night, The Third Day, The Third Night, The Minor Genesis, The Minor Shadow, The Flight of the Seventh Day, The Continents.

Before the Page will finish with its presentation of Genesis Rejuvenated in its entirety in our next episode, episode 42. 

La Nouvelle Création : Au Sans Pareil, Paris 1929. 

Genesis Rejuvenated : The Menard Press, London 1973

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-19159047 Mon, 11 May 2026 14:00:00 -0400 2538 41 full false GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès : Part 2 GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès : Part 2 Part 2 : GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès - this episode continues reading from where we left off in our previous, Part 1, episode. We begin with Chapter 2 / Bubbzy - reading the following pages in sequence : Blue Waters, Evening, The Lights, The New Adolescent, The Kiss of Peace, Joy, The Song of The Created, The First Voice, The Second Voice, The Third Voice, The Fourth Voice, The Fifth Voice, Life, The Call. 

Before the Page, in successive episodes, will continue with the reading of Genesis Rejuvenated until listeners hear it all : a total of four (4) episodes. 

La Nouvelle Création : Au Sans Pareil, Paris 1929

Genesis Rejuvenated : The Menard Press, London 1973

]]> Part 2 : GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès - this episode continues reading from where we left off in our previous, Part 1, episode. We begin with Chapter 2 / Bubbzy - reading the following pages in sequence : Blue Waters, Evening, The Lights, The New Adolescent, The Kiss of Peace, Joy, The Song of The Created, The First Voice, The Second Voice, The Third Voice, The Fourth Voice, The Fifth Voice, Life, The Call. 

Before the Page, in successive episodes, will continue with the reading of Genesis Rejuvenated until listeners hear it all : a total of four (4) episodes. 

La Nouvelle Création : Au Sans Pareil, Paris 1929

Genesis Rejuvenated : The Menard Press, London 1973

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-19140200 Thu, 07 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 1942 40 full false GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès : Part 1 GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès : Part 1 Part 1 : GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès - this episode features a reading of the book's brief introduction along with the opening chapter of this spectacular literary and spiritual effort. Originally written in French, then published in France in 1929 under the title La Nouvelle Création, Genesis Rejuvenated was not available in English until 1973; both publications are now rare. 

Genesis Rejuvenated was translated from the French by Edouard Roditi.

Before the Page, in successive episodes, will continue with the reading of Genesis Rejuvenated until listeners hear it all. 

La Nouvelle Création : Au Sans Pareil, Paris 1929

Genesis Rejuvenated : The Menard Press, London 1973




]]> Part 1 : GENESIS REJUVENATED by Carlo Suarès - this episode features a reading of the book's brief introduction along with the opening chapter of this spectacular literary and spiritual effort. Originally written in French, then published in France in 1929 under the title La Nouvelle Création, Genesis Rejuvenated was not available in English until 1973; both publications are now rare. 

Genesis Rejuvenated was translated from the French by Edouard Roditi.

Before the Page, in successive episodes, will continue with the reading of Genesis Rejuvenated until listeners hear it all. 

La Nouvelle Création : Au Sans Pareil, Paris 1929

Genesis Rejuvenated : The Menard Press, London 1973




]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-19105546 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:00:00 -0400 1682 39 full false Observation & Gratitude : Wisdom from Wolfkiller Observation & Gratitude : Wisdom from Wolfkiller Words from WOLFKILLER - early chapters on Observation & Gratitude.

WOLFKILLER : Wisdom from a Nineteenth-Century Navajo Shepherd - as recorded by Louisa Wade Wetherill, compiled by Harvey Leake : published by GIBBS SMITH - Layton, Utah. 

"the sun / she / is setting...." - EARTH PRAYERS from around the world : 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth (HarperSanFrancisco), PEACE ON EARTH (Ballantine).

Readings by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 


]]> Words from WOLFKILLER - early chapters on Observation & Gratitude.

WOLFKILLER : Wisdom from a Nineteenth-Century Navajo Shepherd - as recorded by Louisa Wade Wetherill, compiled by Harvey Leake : published by GIBBS SMITH - Layton, Utah. 

"the sun / she / is setting...." - EARTH PRAYERS from around the world : 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth (HarperSanFrancisco), PEACE ON EARTH (Ballantine).

Readings by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 


]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-19065478 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400 1456 38 full false WOLFKILLER : The Path of Light WOLFKILLER : The Path of Light The Path of Light - reading from WOLFKILLER : Wisdom from a Nineteenth-Century Navajo Shepherd - as recorded by Louisa Wade Wetherill - compiled by Harvey Leake - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

WOLFKILLER: Wisdom from a Nineteenth-Century Navajo Shepherd - published by Gibbs-Smith - Layton, Utah. 


]]> The Path of Light - reading from WOLFKILLER : Wisdom from a Nineteenth-Century Navajo Shepherd - as recorded by Louisa Wade Wetherill - compiled by Harvey Leake - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

WOLFKILLER: Wisdom from a Nineteenth-Century Navajo Shepherd - published by Gibbs-Smith - Layton, Utah. 


]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-19023685 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:00:00 -0400 1330 37 full true Simone Weil : ATTENTION & WILL Simone Weil : ATTENTION & WILL Attention & Will : an essay composed by Simone Weil during the last years of her short life. 

Translated by Emma Craufurd. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

]]> Attention & Will : an essay composed by Simone Weil during the last years of her short life. 

Translated by Emma Craufurd. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18985762 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:00:00 -0400 1215 36 full false Can peace be brought about by the mind? - J. Krishnamurti, from selected teachings Can peace be brought about by the mind? - J. Krishnamurti, from selected teachings J. Krishnamurti asks and then addresses the question: Can peace be brought about by the mind. - He also answers the question: Will you please teach me how to love. - The words featured in this episode come from talks that Krishnamurti gave, talks that were compiled into book form. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

Living in an Insane World  : Selected Passages - 1989 - J. Krishnamurti

Life Ahead : On Learning and the Search for Meaning - 1963 - J. Krishnamurti

Think on These Things - 1964 - J. Krishnamurti

The Awakening of Intelligence  - 1973 - J. Krishnamurti 

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]]> J. Krishnamurti asks and then addresses the question: Can peace be brought about by the mind. - He also answers the question: Will you please teach me how to love. - The words featured in this episode come from talks that Krishnamurti gave, talks that were compiled into book form. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

Living in an Insane World  : Selected Passages - 1989 - J. Krishnamurti

Life Ahead : On Learning and the Search for Meaning - 1963 - J. Krishnamurti

Think on These Things - 1964 - J. Krishnamurti

The Awakening of Intelligence  - 1973 - J. Krishnamurti 

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]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18940664 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:00:00 -0400 1157 full false Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - DIVINE FLASHES - selected reading Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - DIVINE FLASHES - selected reading Selections from the DIVINE FLASHES of Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - translated by William Chittick & Peter Lamborn Wilson - read by Charlie Mehrhoff.

Divine Flashes - Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - translated by William Chittick & Peter Lamborn Wilson : Paulist Press, New York 1982 




]]> Selections from the DIVINE FLASHES of Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - translated by William Chittick & Peter Lamborn Wilson - read by Charlie Mehrhoff.

Divine Flashes - Fakhruddin 'Iraqi - translated by William Chittick & Peter Lamborn Wilson : Paulist Press, New York 1982 




]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18919994 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:00:00 -0400 1325 34 full false HEARTS OVERFLOWING - words of the Buddha, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joseph Fasano, others. HEARTS OVERFLOWING - words of the Buddha, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joseph Fasano, others. Words from The Dhammapada, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joseph Fasano, Mina Loy - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

The Dhammapada - Eknath Easwaran, translator - Nilgiri Press. 

Poetry by Ursula K. Ke Guin, Joseph Fasano, Mina Loy, Charlie Mehrhoff. 

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]]> Words from The Dhammapada, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joseph Fasano, Mina Loy - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

The Dhammapada - Eknath Easwaran, translator - Nilgiri Press. 

Poetry by Ursula K. Ke Guin, Joseph Fasano, Mina Loy, Charlie Mehrhoff. 

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]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18872226 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:00:00 -0400 1074 33 full false Regarding THE POSSIBLE MAN: honoring Meir Michel Abehsera Regarding THE POSSIBLE MAN: honoring Meir Michel Abehsera Honoring Meir Michel Abehsera author ofThe Possible Man: Life in the Shadow of the Just : voiced by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

The Possible Man: Life in the shadow of the Just  -  by Meir Michel Abehsera, Swanhouse Press. 

]]> Honoring Meir Michel Abehsera author ofThe Possible Man: Life in the Shadow of the Just : voiced by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

The Possible Man: Life in the shadow of the Just  -  by Meir Michel Abehsera, Swanhouse Press. 

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18839148 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:00:00 -0400 1004 32 full false THE SEVENFOLD PEACE : words from The Essene Gospel of Peace THE SEVENFOLD PEACE : words from The Essene Gospel of Peace Words offered from The Sevenfold Peace - Book 4 / The Teachings of The Elect : THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

The Essene Gospel of Peace : the complete four books in one volume. 

]]> Words offered from The Sevenfold Peace - Book 4 / The Teachings of The Elect : THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

The Essene Gospel of Peace : the complete four books in one volume. 

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18792623 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:00:00 -0500 1169 full false IN BLIND AWARENESS : Sufi Parables, Poetry of al Shushtari & Jerry Smaldone IN BLIND AWARENESS : Sufi Parables, Poetry of al Shushtari & Jerry Smaldone Sufi Parables from the Qadari Order & other seekers of Divine Love. Ecstatic poetry of Abul Hasan al-Shustari - Leader of the Withdrawn - and Rocky Mountain Mystic, Jerry Smaldone.

The Way of the Sufi - Idries Shah. 

Tiny Tales from the Sufis - Laura Gibbs : https://pressbooks.pub/sufis/chapter/chapter-1/

Regarding Abul Hasan al-Shustari : from the Let's Talk Religion podcast : 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te-ohX1qfHs&t=1219s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgUAknrGu7Y

poetry of al-Shushtari:

https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/sulaymanibnqiddees/2017/09/08/shushtari-red-red-wine/ 

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]]> Sufi Parables from the Qadari Order & other seekers of Divine Love. Ecstatic poetry of Abul Hasan al-Shustari - Leader of the Withdrawn - and Rocky Mountain Mystic, Jerry Smaldone.

The Way of the Sufi - Idries Shah. 

Tiny Tales from the Sufis - Laura Gibbs : https://pressbooks.pub/sufis/chapter/chapter-1/

Regarding Abul Hasan al-Shustari : from the Let's Talk Religion podcast : 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te-ohX1qfHs&t=1219s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgUAknrGu7Y

poetry of al-Shushtari:

https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/sulaymanibnqiddees/2017/09/08/shushtari-red-red-wine/ 

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]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18760921 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500 1162 30 full false Catching Arrows in Midair Catching Arrows in Midair Allen Afterman on Poetry & Song. Charles Reznikoff : Messianic, Palestine Under the Romans, Kaddish. Charlie Mehrhoff : Eons Ago, Messiah, Impossible Times, One Last Shot Glass. 

Kabbalah and Consciousness & the Poetry of Allen Afterman : Sheep Meadow Press.

The Complete Poems of Charles Reznikoff (1918-1975) : Black Sparrow Press :: Pieces read originally published in Separate Way (1936). 

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]]> Allen Afterman on Poetry & Song. Charles Reznikoff : Messianic, Palestine Under the Romans, Kaddish. Charlie Mehrhoff : Eons Ago, Messiah, Impossible Times, One Last Shot Glass. 

Kabbalah and Consciousness & the Poetry of Allen Afterman : Sheep Meadow Press.

The Complete Poems of Charles Reznikoff (1918-1975) : Black Sparrow Press :: Pieces read originally published in Separate Way (1936). 

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]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18736524 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:00:00 -0500 919 29 full false Rav Kook : Poetry of Repentance Rav Kook : Poetry of Repentance Rav Kook : the Poet of Repentance - - reading of prose poetry related to the subject of Repentance (Teshuva) composed by Rav Kook --  translated into English from Hebrew by Rachel Tova Ebner : printed in a most exquisite book, The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, by Mosaica Press. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/?v=0b3b97fa6688

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]]> Rav Kook : the Poet of Repentance - - reading of prose poetry related to the subject of Repentance (Teshuva) composed by Rav Kook --  translated into English from Hebrew by Rachel Tova Ebner : printed in a most exquisite book, The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, by Mosaica Press. Read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/?v=0b3b97fa6688

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]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18701892 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0500 1380 28 full false WHAT IS ESSENTIAL? - Attar of Nishapur, T'ao Ch'ien, Charlie Mehrhoff WHAT IS ESSENTIAL? - Attar of Nishapur, T'ao Ch'ien, Charlie Mehrhoff Opening with The Miser & The Angel of Death - a parable by Attar of Nishapur, this episode challenges listeners to search themselves for the essential. - - We also feature the poetry and prose of T'ao Ch'ien (365-427 CE), considered by many as the grandfather of the Chinese poetic tradition :: Read by Before The Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

The Miser & The Angel of Death - The Way of the Sufi - edited by Idries Shah.

Words of T'ao Ch'ien - Classical Chinese Poetry: an anthology - translated and edited by David Hinton. 

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]]> Opening with The Miser & The Angel of Death - a parable by Attar of Nishapur, this episode challenges listeners to search themselves for the essential. - - We also feature the poetry and prose of T'ao Ch'ien (365-427 CE), considered by many as the grandfather of the Chinese poetic tradition :: Read by Before The Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

The Miser & The Angel of Death - The Way of the Sufi - edited by Idries Shah.

Words of T'ao Ch'ien - Classical Chinese Poetry: an anthology - translated and edited by David Hinton. 

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]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18658934 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:00:00 -0500 1031 27 full false IN PRAISE OF TREES - words of gratitude, homage, awe & love for trees. IN PRAISE OF TREES - words of gratitude, homage, awe & love for trees. IN PRAISE OF TREES - words offering gratitude, homage, awe and love for trees. Rabindranath Tagore, W.S. Merwin, Attar, John Wright, Ryokan, a chapter from The Essene Gospel of Peace, a teaching of the Chisti Sufi Order, a prayer from Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Etty Hillesum, Aura Chaya Gispan - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov - prayer for going amongst the trees - - In Praise of Trees - Rabindranath Tagore - - "Let the trees be consulted...." poetry of John Wright - from Earth Prayers from Around the World  - - To a Leaf Falling in Winter - W.S. Merwin - - A Tree Unaware of Its State - Attar of Nishapur - -The Garden - Sufi teaching from the Chisti Order, The Way of The Sufi, Idries Shah - - "Walking along a narrow path...." Zen Master Ryokan, trans. John Stevens ONE ROBE, ONE BOWL -- The Chapter TREES from The Essene Gospel of Peace - translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely -- "....the tree outside my window...." from An Interrupted Life : the Diaries of Etty Hillesum - - "Blessed are the trees...." - Aura Chaya Gispan - - Invitation to the Present & Reflection on Wind  - Words to Light Eternity  - Charlie Mehrhoff.

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]]> IN PRAISE OF TREES - words offering gratitude, homage, awe and love for trees. Rabindranath Tagore, W.S. Merwin, Attar, John Wright, Ryokan, a chapter from The Essene Gospel of Peace, a teaching of the Chisti Sufi Order, a prayer from Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Etty Hillesum, Aura Chaya Gispan - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov - prayer for going amongst the trees - - In Praise of Trees - Rabindranath Tagore - - "Let the trees be consulted...." poetry of John Wright - from Earth Prayers from Around the World  - - To a Leaf Falling in Winter - W.S. Merwin - - A Tree Unaware of Its State - Attar of Nishapur - -The Garden - Sufi teaching from the Chisti Order, The Way of The Sufi, Idries Shah - - "Walking along a narrow path...." Zen Master Ryokan, trans. John Stevens ONE ROBE, ONE BOWL -- The Chapter TREES from The Essene Gospel of Peace - translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely -- "....the tree outside my window...." from An Interrupted Life : the Diaries of Etty Hillesum - - "Blessed are the trees...." - Aura Chaya Gispan - - Invitation to the Present & Reflection on Wind  - Words to Light Eternity  - Charlie Mehrhoff.

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]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18625423 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0500 1789 26 full false FADING INTO SPRING: Sarah Yehudit Schneider, David Scaduto, Rumi, Thich Nhat Hanh, etc. FADING INTO SPRING: Sarah Yehudit Schneider, David Scaduto, Rumi, Thich Nhat Hanh, etc. FADING INTO SPRING : Words to honor the essence of trees. Inspirational writing on Tu B'Shvat by Sarah Yehudit Schneider & David Scaduto. Poetry by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mary Oliver, Maria Berardi, Rumi, Thich Nhat Hanh - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Shevat: Renewing the Divine Flow - David Scaduto, posted on the Sefaria platform: https://www.sefaria.org/texts

The Shekhina's Tu B'Shvat - Sarah Yehudit Schneider - author of Dark Matters of the Soul : The Kabbalah of Shame - and - Kabbalistic Writings on the Nature of Masculine & Feminine. 

Sarah Yehudit Schneider is the founder of A STILL SMALL VOICE - discover more about her wonderful teachings and work by going to  https://astillsmallvoice.org

Poems: When Autumn Came - Faiz Ahmed Faiz :When I am among the trees - Mary Oliver : Evergreen - Maria Berardi : The Indian Tree - Rumi (trans. Coleman Barks) : You Are My Garden - Thich Nhat Hanh : The Tree Of Life In Winter - Charlie Mehrhoff 

]]> FADING INTO SPRING : Words to honor the essence of trees. Inspirational writing on Tu B'Shvat by Sarah Yehudit Schneider & David Scaduto. Poetry by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mary Oliver, Maria Berardi, Rumi, Thich Nhat Hanh - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Shevat: Renewing the Divine Flow - David Scaduto, posted on the Sefaria platform: https://www.sefaria.org/texts

The Shekhina's Tu B'Shvat - Sarah Yehudit Schneider - author of Dark Matters of the Soul : The Kabbalah of Shame - and - Kabbalistic Writings on the Nature of Masculine & Feminine. 

Sarah Yehudit Schneider is the founder of A STILL SMALL VOICE - discover more about her wonderful teachings and work by going to  https://astillsmallvoice.org

Poems: When Autumn Came - Faiz Ahmed Faiz :When I am among the trees - Mary Oliver : Evergreen - Maria Berardi : The Indian Tree - Rumi (trans. Coleman Barks) : You Are My Garden - Thich Nhat Hanh : The Tree Of Life In Winter - Charlie Mehrhoff 

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18594116 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500 1541 25 full true SANCTITY: Abraham Heschel, Carlo Suarès, Attar, Maria Berardi, Meir Michel Abehsera, Rav Kook, Etty Hillesum, Charlie Mehrhoff. SANCTITY: Abraham Heschel, Carlo Suarès, Attar, Maria Berardi, Meir Michel Abehsera, Rav Kook, Etty Hillesum, Charlie Mehrhoff. Words Regarding Sanctity: Abraham J. Heschel, Carlo Suarès, Attar, Maria Berardi, Rav Kook, Etty Hillesum, Li Po - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Who Is Man? - Abraham J. Heschel (Stanford University Press).

The Second Coming of YHSHWH: The Rabbi Called Jesus Christ (Weiser Books).

The Conference of the Birds - Attar : translated by Sholeh Wolpe (Norton).

The Possible Man - Meir Michel Abehsera (Swanhouse Press).

The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook - translated by Rachel Tova Ebner (Mosaica Press).

Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life - The Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerbork (Pantheon).



]]> Words Regarding Sanctity: Abraham J. Heschel, Carlo Suarès, Attar, Maria Berardi, Rav Kook, Etty Hillesum, Li Po - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Who Is Man? - Abraham J. Heschel (Stanford University Press).

The Second Coming of YHSHWH: The Rabbi Called Jesus Christ (Weiser Books).

The Conference of the Birds - Attar : translated by Sholeh Wolpe (Norton).

The Possible Man - Meir Michel Abehsera (Swanhouse Press).

The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook - translated by Rachel Tova Ebner (Mosaica Press).

Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life - The Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerbork (Pantheon).



]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18554101 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:00:00 -0500 1434 24 full false COURAGE & LIBERTY: Words of Leonard Cohen, Walt Whitman, René Char, Alexandra Smyth, Charlie Mehrhoff COURAGE & LIBERTY: Words of Leonard Cohen, Walt Whitman, René Char, Alexandra Smyth, Charlie Mehrhoff Courage & Liberty - an offering of words from Leonard Cohen, Walt Whitman, René Char, Alexandra Smyth, Charlie Mehrhoff - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Leonard Cohen's words regarding Ariel Sharon were read from Matti Friedman's book Who By Fire. Leonard's words on courage can be found in Leonard's book entitled The Flame (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).

The words of René Char - from Leaves of Hypnos, translated by Cid Corman.


]]> Courage & Liberty - an offering of words from Leonard Cohen, Walt Whitman, René Char, Alexandra Smyth, Charlie Mehrhoff - read by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Leonard Cohen's words regarding Ariel Sharon were read from Matti Friedman's book Who By Fire. Leonard's words on courage can be found in Leonard's book entitled The Flame (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).

The words of René Char - from Leaves of Hypnos, translated by Cid Corman.


]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18539821 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0500 1484 23 full false REGARDING FEAR: Thich Nhat Hanh, Gandhi, White Eagle, Hafiz, Maria Beradi, Sabine Miller, others REGARDING FEAR: Thich Nhat Hanh, Gandhi, White Eagle, Hafiz, Maria Beradi, Sabine Miller, others REGARDING FEAR: Words from Taittiriya Upanishad, Thich Nhat Hanh, Khalil Gibran, Sabine Miller, Hafiz, Idit Miriam Codish, M.K. Gandhi, Clint Frakes, Maria Beradi, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Frank Herbert, H.F. Noyes, White Eagle - read by host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

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]]> REGARDING FEAR: Words from Taittiriya Upanishad, Thich Nhat Hanh, Khalil Gibran, Sabine Miller, Hafiz, Idit Miriam Codish, M.K. Gandhi, Clint Frakes, Maria Beradi, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Frank Herbert, H.F. Noyes, White Eagle - read by host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

Contact us at : Beforethepage@gmail.com



]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18491302 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0500 1447 full false Mahatma Gandhi's letters to a dictator, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Kabir, Rumi Mahatma Gandhi's letters to a dictator, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Kabir, Rumi M.K. Gandhi's letters to Adolph Hitler, Jiddu Krishnamurti - on how to overcome nationalism. A brief message by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Poems of Rumi and Kabir translated by Daniel Ladinsky. - Reading by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West - translated by Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin, Compass). 

J. Krishnamurti The First and Last Freedom (Harper One). 

]]> M.K. Gandhi's letters to Adolph Hitler, Jiddu Krishnamurti - on how to overcome nationalism. A brief message by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Poems of Rumi and Kabir translated by Daniel Ladinsky. - Reading by Before the Page host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West - translated by Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin, Compass). 

J. Krishnamurti The First and Last Freedom (Harper One). 

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18462793 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:00:00 -0500 1429 21 full false The Beloved's Design - words of Tagore, Attar, Rav Kook, others The Beloved's Design - words of Tagore, Attar, Rav Kook, others Readings from Rabindranah Tagore's GITANJALI (Song Offerings), Attar's THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS, Jerry Smaldone, Sabine Miller, Psalm 10, Rav Kook - read by host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

The Conference of the Birds - Attar, translated by Sholeh Wolpé (Norton).

The Torah of Tomorrow - Rav Kook, translated by Rachel Tova Ebner (Mosaica). https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/?v=0b3b97fa6688



]]> Readings from Rabindranah Tagore's GITANJALI (Song Offerings), Attar's THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS, Jerry Smaldone, Sabine Miller, Psalm 10, Rav Kook - read by host Charlie Mehrhoff. 

The Conference of the Birds - Attar, translated by Sholeh Wolpé (Norton).

The Torah of Tomorrow - Rav Kook, translated by Rachel Tova Ebner (Mosaica). https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/?v=0b3b97fa6688



]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18423886 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:00:00 -0500 1304 20 full false THE NIGHT BEFORE CREATION (or, Midnight in Medzhybizh) by Idit Miriam Codish THE NIGHT BEFORE CREATION (or, Midnight in Medzhybizh) by Idit Miriam Codish The Night Before Creation, or, Midnight in Medzhybizh - by Idit Miriam Codish - takes listeners along on her recent incredible journey to the Ba'al Shem Tov's Tzion, gravesite, in the Ukraine. 

Idit's prose is simultaneously wild and grounded. There is an ecstatic transference, a down-to-earth holiness, that somehow occurs while listening to Idit's story.


]]> The Night Before Creation, or, Midnight in Medzhybizh - by Idit Miriam Codish - takes listeners along on her recent incredible journey to the Ba'al Shem Tov's Tzion, gravesite, in the Ukraine. 

Idit's prose is simultaneously wild and grounded. There is an ecstatic transference, a down-to-earth holiness, that somehow occurs while listening to Idit's story.


]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18395124 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:00:00 -0500 2114 19 full false OCEAN OF TEARS & THE MUSEUM OF GUSH ETZION: Rabindranath Tagore, Arthur Rimbaud, Dina Awwad-Srour, Charles Reznikoff - hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff OCEAN OF TEARS & THE MUSEUM OF GUSH ETZION: Rabindranath Tagore, Arthur Rimbaud, Dina Awwad-Srour, Charles Reznikoff - hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff Featuring the words of Rabindranath Tagore, Arthur Rimbaud, Dina Awwad-Srour, Charles Reznikoff, Charlie Mehrhoff. 

The centerpiece of this episode is a work of non-fiction entitled The Museum of Gush Etzion  composed by Dina Awwad-Srour - originally published online in FIKRA : https://fikra-magazine.com/article/183


]]> Featuring the words of Rabindranath Tagore, Arthur Rimbaud, Dina Awwad-Srour, Charles Reznikoff, Charlie Mehrhoff. 

The centerpiece of this episode is a work of non-fiction entitled The Museum of Gush Etzion  composed by Dina Awwad-Srour - originally published online in FIKRA : https://fikra-magazine.com/article/183


]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18355090 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0500 1747 18 full false Circles & Such: Black Elk, Rilke, A.C. Koch, Emerson, Mary Oliver, Lew Welch, Dogen, Scarecrow Circles & Such: Black Elk, Rilke, A.C. Koch, Emerson, Mary Oliver, Lew Welch, Dogen, Scarecrow Circles & Such - C. Mehrhoff reads Black Elk, Rilke, A.C. Koch, Mary Oliver, Dogen, Lew Welch, Scarecrow. 

Words regarding circles, then going beyond - yet always within. 


]]> Circles & Such - C. Mehrhoff reads Black Elk, Rilke, A.C. Koch, Mary Oliver, Dogen, Lew Welch, Scarecrow. 

Words regarding circles, then going beyond - yet always within. 


]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18278456 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 1220 17 full false TRANSCENDING TRIBULATION: featuring Hanna Yerushalmi, Aura Chaya Gispan, Idit Codish TRANSCENDING TRIBULATION: featuring Hanna Yerushalmi, Aura Chaya Gispan, Idit Codish Featuring the poetry of Hanna Yerushalmi, Aura Chaya Gispan, Rav Kook & Charles Reznikoff - along with a real life telling by Idit Miriam Codish. 

Before the Page is hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff - listeners can reach us with comments, concerns, etc. at beforethepage@gmail.com

]]> Featuring the poetry of Hanna Yerushalmi, Aura Chaya Gispan, Rav Kook & Charles Reznikoff - along with a real life telling by Idit Miriam Codish. 

Before the Page is hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff - listeners can reach us with comments, concerns, etc. at beforethepage@gmail.com

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18260294 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:00:00 -0500 1706 16 full false THE RICH MAN - a folktale about having too much THE RICH MAN - a folktale about having too much The Rich Man - and - The Mad Dancers - read by Charlie Mehrhoff. 

Words from The Golden Mountain first published in 1932, and republished again, decades later, under the title Classic Hassidic Tales - translated and compiled from Hebrew, Yiddish and German sources - by Meyer Levin. 

]]> The Rich Man - and - The Mad Dancers - read by Charlie Mehrhoff. 

Words from The Golden Mountain first published in 1932, and republished again, decades later, under the title Classic Hassidic Tales - translated and compiled from Hebrew, Yiddish and German sources - by Meyer Levin. 

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18236464 Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:00:00 -0500 1334 15 full false Friends & Heroes - poetry of Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabia, others Friends & Heroes - poetry of Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabia, others Poetry of Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabia, Sabine Miller, Maria Berardi, Jerry Smaldone, Charlie Mehrhoff.

Thich Nhat Hanh - Call Me by My True Names. 

Rabia - Love Poems from God - translated & compiled by Daniel Ladinsky.

Circumference of Mercy - Sabine Miller

Casandra Gifts, poems by Maria Berardi. https://maria-berardi.com/links-to-publications/

Fatto a Mano - Jerry Smaldone

Words to Light Eternity - Charlie Mehrhoff


]]> Poetry of Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabia, Sabine Miller, Maria Berardi, Jerry Smaldone, Charlie Mehrhoff.

Thich Nhat Hanh - Call Me by My True Names. 

Rabia - Love Poems from God - translated & compiled by Daniel Ladinsky.

Circumference of Mercy - Sabine Miller

Casandra Gifts, poems by Maria Berardi. https://maria-berardi.com/links-to-publications/

Fatto a Mano - Jerry Smaldone

Words to Light Eternity - Charlie Mehrhoff


]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18205319 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:00:00 -0500 1441 14 full false Aldous Huxley - The Case for Constructive Peace Aldous Huxley - The Case for Constructive Peace Words from WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? The Case for Constructive Peace - composed by Aldous Huxley, published in 1936. 

We open with a piece regarding the legend of the Sword and the Stone  entitled Beyond All Myth. 

We also include a wonderful poem from Sabine Miller's Circumference of Mercy,  Mountains & Rivers Press.

If you wish to reach out to Before the Page - the email address is: beforethepage@gmail.com

]]> Words from WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? The Case for Constructive Peace - composed by Aldous Huxley, published in 1936. 

We open with a piece regarding the legend of the Sword and the Stone  entitled Beyond All Myth. 

We also include a wonderful poem from Sabine Miller's Circumference of Mercy,  Mountains & Rivers Press.

If you wish to reach out to Before the Page - the email address is: beforethepage@gmail.com

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18172184 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:00:00 -0500 1236 13 full false Rav Kook - Artist of the Sacred Rav Kook - Artist of the Sacred Rav Kook - Selected readings from The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook - Rachel Tova Ebner, translator.

Read by Charlie Mehrhoff. 


ONE SONG - recently published book available from MosicaPress - 

https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/





]]> Rav Kook - Selected readings from The Torah of Tomorrow - One Song: Teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook - Rachel Tova Ebner, translator.

Read by Charlie Mehrhoff. 


ONE SONG - recently published book available from MosicaPress - 

https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/





]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18139457 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:00:00 -0500 1652 full false The Book of James (aka 'The Gospel of Straw') The Book of James (aka 'The Gospel of Straw') The Book of James - aka The Epistle of James  - aka The Gospel of James - read by BEFORE THE PAGE host Charlie 'Scarecrow' Mehrhoff. 

It is only fitting that The Book of James, lampooned by Martin Luther as The  Epistle of Straw is rendered into speech by the old Scarecrow.

Anyone with a desire to reach out to Before the Page - our email: beforethepage@gmail.com

]]> The Book of James - aka The Epistle of James  - aka The Gospel of James - read by BEFORE THE PAGE host Charlie 'Scarecrow' Mehrhoff. 

It is only fitting that The Book of James, lampooned by Martin Luther as The  Epistle of Straw is rendered into speech by the old Scarecrow.

Anyone with a desire to reach out to Before the Page - our email: beforethepage@gmail.com

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18082481 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0400 1226 11 full false The Man Who Planted Trees The Man Who Planted Trees The Man Who Planted Trees  by Jean Giono read by Before the Page Podcast host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Copies of the book, The Man Who Planted Trees, featuring exquisite wood engravings by Michael McCurdy are available from CHELSEA GREEN PUBLISHING by going to the publisher's website at - https://www.chelseagreen.com 

Anyone wishing to communicate with the Before the Page Podcast please go to beforethepage@gmail.com 

]]> The Man Who Planted Trees  by Jean Giono read by Before the Page Podcast host Charlie Mehrhoff.

Copies of the book, The Man Who Planted Trees, featuring exquisite wood engravings by Michael McCurdy are available from CHELSEA GREEN PUBLISHING by going to the publisher's website at - https://www.chelseagreen.com 

Anyone wishing to communicate with the Before the Page Podcast please go to beforethepage@gmail.com 

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-18043988 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:00:00 -0400 1869 10 full false Light & Thunder Light & Thunder Selections from Thomas Merton, G.I. Gurdjieff, Rabindranath Tagore, Idries Shah,  Rav Kook, Clint Frakes, Charlie Mehrhoff. 

To obtain a copy of The Torah of Tomorrow: One Song - teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook (Rav Kook) - in Hebrew & English, translated by Rachel Tova Ebner, Mosaica Press - go to https://mosaicapress.com 

Copies of Myths, Beasts & the Ways of Water : Poems by Clint Frakes - can be obtained from Seven Worlds Press - go to https://sevenworldspress.com 



]]> Selections from Thomas Merton, G.I. Gurdjieff, Rabindranath Tagore, Idries Shah,  Rav Kook, Clint Frakes, Charlie Mehrhoff. 

To obtain a copy of The Torah of Tomorrow: One Song - teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook (Rav Kook) - in Hebrew & English, translated by Rachel Tova Ebner, Mosaica Press - go to https://mosaicapress.com 

Copies of Myths, Beasts & the Ways of Water : Poems by Clint Frakes - can be obtained from Seven Worlds Press - go to https://sevenworldspress.com 



]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-17973082 Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400 1478 full false #9 - Carlo Suarès: Quoi Israel? #9 - Carlo Suarès: Quoi Israel? Episode #9 features the words of Carlo Suarès.  

It opens with The Eight Propositions from Carlo's seminal book The Second Coming of Reb YHSHWH   

This episode also features a reading (in English) of Quoi Israel?, an essay penned by Suarès in 1954 in Alexandria, Egypt. 

In Quoi Israel? (What Israel?) Suarès provides his striking spiritual/political view of the then nascent State of Israel.  

Here's a brief list (English titles) of Suarès publications: Genesis Rejuvenated, The Second Coming of Reb YHSHWH, The Resurrection of the Word, The Cipher of Genesis, The Sepher Yetsira, The Song of Songs, Krishnamurti & the Unity of Man, Chromatic Hyperbola, The Passion of Judas. 

Note: Carlo Suarès did most of his writing in French. If you are fluent in French, and if you are interested in the words of Carlo Suarès - just know that you will have a lot of options.

Anyone wishing to connect with Charlie Mehrhoff, the host of Before the Page please email : beforethepage@gmail.com 

 

]]> Episode #9 features the words of Carlo Suarès.  

It opens with The Eight Propositions from Carlo's seminal book The Second Coming of Reb YHSHWH   

This episode also features a reading (in English) of Quoi Israel?, an essay penned by Suarès in 1954 in Alexandria, Egypt. 

In Quoi Israel? (What Israel?) Suarès provides his striking spiritual/political view of the then nascent State of Israel.  

Here's a brief list (English titles) of Suarès publications: Genesis Rejuvenated, The Second Coming of Reb YHSHWH, The Resurrection of the Word, The Cipher of Genesis, The Sepher Yetsira, The Song of Songs, Krishnamurti & the Unity of Man, Chromatic Hyperbola, The Passion of Judas. 

Note: Carlo Suarès did most of his writing in French. If you are fluent in French, and if you are interested in the words of Carlo Suarès - just know that you will have a lot of options.

Anyone wishing to connect with Charlie Mehrhoff, the host of Before the Page please email : beforethepage@gmail.com 

 

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-17988303 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400 1389 9 full false For the Children For the Children This episode of Before the Page is for the children. Listen to a poetic piece by Rav Kook:  https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/ - and a wonderful retelling of a Jataka tale, Brave Little Parrot, by Rafe Martin: https://www.rafemartin.com/ 

This episode also features 2 children's picture book manuscripts composed by Nora & Charlie Mehrhoff - Mama at the Mango Tree - and - Beyond the Big.

For more information about Mama Dolfine, the heroine of Mama at the Mango Tree, and about how one may help the orphans and vulnerable children around Kisumu, Kenya go to https://www.rippleeffectproject.org/

To learn more about Goliath the big beautiful Belgian horse and about the crucial work being done at Pal-O-Mine Equestrian - visit: https://pal-o-mine.org/

The host of Before the Page, Charlie Mehrhoff, can be reached at beforethepage@gmail.com


]]> This episode of Before the Page is for the children. Listen to a poetic piece by Rav Kook:  https://mosaicapress.com/product/the-torah-of-tomorrow/ - and a wonderful retelling of a Jataka tale, Brave Little Parrot, by Rafe Martin: https://www.rafemartin.com/ 

This episode also features 2 children's picture book manuscripts composed by Nora & Charlie Mehrhoff - Mama at the Mango Tree - and - Beyond the Big.

For more information about Mama Dolfine, the heroine of Mama at the Mango Tree, and about how one may help the orphans and vulnerable children around Kisumu, Kenya go to https://www.rippleeffectproject.org/

To learn more about Goliath the big beautiful Belgian horse and about the crucial work being done at Pal-O-Mine Equestrian - visit: https://pal-o-mine.org/

The host of Before the Page, Charlie Mehrhoff, can be reached at beforethepage@gmail.com


]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-17939859 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:00:00 -0400 1224 7 full false Towards the Formless Towards the Formless Selected readings from Carlo Suarès, Rumi and Clint Frakes. Also, features words from Rachel Tova Ebner's stunning translations of Rav Kook.

The Rav Kook translations read from on Before the Page are available via Mosaica Press - under the title The Torah of Tomorrow: One Song: https://mosaicapress.com/bookshop/?srsltid=AfmBOor6YTHlm_NEv4FgOAz5-ZokFGEIFk7lRp_cBrxOPJr3ckLWBQq9

To obtain a copy of Myths, Beasts & the Ways of Water by Clint Frakes - go to https://www.sevenworldspress.com/

Copies of Words to Light Eternity by Charlie Mehrhoff can be obtained from Amazon.com 





]]> Selected readings from Carlo Suarès, Rumi and Clint Frakes. Also, features words from Rachel Tova Ebner's stunning translations of Rav Kook.

The Rav Kook translations read from on Before the Page are available via Mosaica Press - under the title The Torah of Tomorrow: One Song: https://mosaicapress.com/bookshop/?srsltid=AfmBOor6YTHlm_NEv4FgOAz5-ZokFGEIFk7lRp_cBrxOPJr3ckLWBQq9

To obtain a copy of Myths, Beasts & the Ways of Water by Clint Frakes - go to https://www.sevenworldspress.com/

Copies of Words to Light Eternity by Charlie Mehrhoff can be obtained from Amazon.com 





]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-17900307 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:00:00 -0400 1382 6 full false Words regarding Here & Beyond Words regarding Here & Beyond Readings from: Walt Whitman, The Essence Gospel of Peace, Earth Prayers (Harper), Words to Light Eternity (Charlie Mehrhoff), Rabindranath Tagore - also featuring recently published translations of Rav Kook's 'Gleamings' translated from the Hebrew by Rachel Tova Ebner - Mosaica Press. 

Contact BEFORE THE PAGE at: beforethepage@gmail.com

]]> Readings from: Walt Whitman, The Essence Gospel of Peace, Earth Prayers (Harper), Words to Light Eternity (Charlie Mehrhoff), Rabindranath Tagore - also featuring recently published translations of Rav Kook's 'Gleamings' translated from the Hebrew by Rachel Tova Ebner - Mosaica Press. 

Contact BEFORE THE PAGE at: beforethepage@gmail.com

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-17862243 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:00:00 -0400 1267 1 5 full false Some words regarding direction. Some words regarding direction. This episode of Before the Page features words regarding direction - excerpts from the Tao Te Ching, Attar, Mahatma Gandhi, Hannah Hurnard, Thich Nhat Hahn, Ryokan, Herman Hesse, etc. 

]]> This episode of Before the Page features words regarding direction - excerpts from the Tao Te Ching, Attar, Mahatma Gandhi, Hannah Hurnard, Thich Nhat Hahn, Ryokan, Herman Hesse, etc. 

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-17816919 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:00:00 -0400 964 4 full false We have come to believe.... We have come to believe.... Words composed by the reader featured in the Country Valley Press chapbook publication: We have come to believe. Available at: 

https://www.amazon.com/have-come-believe-Charlie-Mehrhoff


Copies of The Sky at Night: Writings of the Children of Korando - compiled by Charlie Mehrhoff - available by contacting Ripple Effect Project: 

https://www.rippleeffectproject.org/


If you wish to reach out to Before the Page with comments, suggestions, words - we would love to hear from you: beforethepage@gmail.com


]]> Words composed by the reader featured in the Country Valley Press chapbook publication: We have come to believe. Available at: 

https://www.amazon.com/have-come-believe-Charlie-Mehrhoff


Copies of The Sky at Night: Writings of the Children of Korando - compiled by Charlie Mehrhoff - available by contacting Ripple Effect Project: 

https://www.rippleeffectproject.org/


If you wish to reach out to Before the Page with comments, suggestions, words - we would love to hear from you: beforethepage@gmail.com


]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-17660052 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:00:00 -0400 1465 3 full false A Divine Visitation A Divine Visitation Saint Teresa of Avila, Rumi, an inspiring distillation of Moshe Cordevero's Palm Tree of Devorah - hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff

]]> Saint Teresa of Avila, Rumi, an inspiring distillation of Moshe Cordevero's Palm Tree of Devorah - hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-17600950 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:00:00 -0400 518 1 2 full false words to inspire nonviolence words to inspire nonviolence This, the first episode of Before the Page features an eclectic offering of words to inspire nonviolence: Thich Nhat Hanh, Krishamurti, the Tao Te Ching, Hannah Hurnard, Saint Thomas, Sa'adi, Mahatma Gandhi, others. Hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff. 

]]> This, the first episode of Before the Page features an eclectic offering of words to inspire nonviolence: Thich Nhat Hanh, Krishamurti, the Tao Te Ching, Hannah Hurnard, Saint Thomas, Sa'adi, Mahatma Gandhi, others. Hosted by Charlie Mehrhoff. 

]]> Charlie Buzzsprout-17552755 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1009 1 1 full false