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[Poetry Chaikhana] Vladimir Solovyov - Triumphing over death from the start (from Three Meetings)
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 | Triumphing over death from the start (from Three Meetings) By Vladimir Solovyov English version by Ivan M. Granger
Triumphing over death from the start
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Hi Omss -
I thought I'd tap into my Russian heritage today and share with you something I translated by Vladimir Solovyov...
Stilling time's unyielding wheel with love's art,
Eternal Beloved, your name is held hid in my heart...
Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (sometimes written in English as Soloviev) was a philosopher, poet, literary critic and a mystic with an intense connection to the Divine in the form of the feminine archetype of Sophia or Holy Wisdom. His writings had a strong influence on Russian Symbolist poetry and on Russian spirituality in general in the early 20th century.
Solovyov was born in Moscow in 1853. His father was a famous historian and a professor at Moscow University. At the age of nine, triggered by the frustrated longings of love for a girl, Solovyov had the first in a series of three mystical encounters with Sophia.
At the age of 13, Solovyov renounced the Orthodox Church and began a troubled exploration of the philosophies of materialism and nihilism. He initially studied natural history and biology at university, but his grades began to slip. He switched to studies in history and philosophy.
Sometime around the age of 20, he "reconverted" to the Orthodox Church, and became a lay theological student and lecturer. He later traveled to London to do research among the religious and spiritual texts at the British Museum.
It was then, while studying in the British Museum, that Solovyov had his second encounter with Sophia, where he saw only her face. Pleading with her to see her full form, Solovyov was told to meet her in Egypt. He went to Egypt and Sophia once again appeared to him in the desert at dawn. This time she revealed herself to him fully, completely transforming him. She also showed him a vision of the Earth transfigured, all of nature, all things, unified within her form as the Divine Feminine.
After his return to Russia, Solovyov briefly taught philosophy at Moscow University, but soon left because he disliked university politics. He then moved to St. Petersberg where he wrote and taught.
Solovyov taught an engaged Christianity of service and activism, in which the binding power of Sophia -- the Mother/Wisdom/Love nature of God -- could heal the world. For Solovyov art could be a modern form of prophecy to bring greater awareness of this mystical unity to humanity.
Among his many works of poetry, his masterpiece is Tri Svidaniya or "Three Meetings" describing his three mystical encounters with Sophia. In his poetry, his encounters with Sophia are permeated with radiant azure and violet.
Solovyov was a good friend of the great Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Ivan
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