Word: soule
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...obscure spiritual crisis and decides never to speak again. Nor does she for the rest of the film, except for two words: "No, don't." The plot traced a duel of personality between the actress and her talkative nurse (Bibi Andersson), between the actress's corruption of soul and the nurse's innocence. Deprived of words, Liv spoke with a glance, a turn of the head, an enigmatic Gioconda smile. For much of the movie, Bergman simply trained his camera on her face-and that was enough. "Bergman taught me how little you can do rather than...
...Your work-ethic Essay suggests that all work should be "soul enriching" whatever that means...
...director for a TV station, but both lost their jobs after applying for exit visas to Israel. What will always remain with me is the innocence of two human beings who craved to go to Israel for spiritual reasons-a desire that is in the mind and soul and transcends the political ideology of the country in which they are presently trapped. I believe that it is hard for most Americans, and indeed for all free people, to understand this feeling of lack of control over one's destiny...
...13th century Persian poet Jalal al-din Rumi, the reed was a metaphor for man. Rumi was a follower of the ancient principles of Sufism, a mystical movement that is to Islam roughly what Hasidism is to Judaism. He believed that the soul and God are one and the same. The world, he taught the faithful, is but a tomb, temporarily separating the soul from its divine milieu. In order to release the imprisoned spirit, he taught the Sufi dervishes (Persian for beggars) to dance themselves into an ecstatic trance; all their movements were made in rhythm with the music...
...dervishes, solemn in long black capes and tall cylindrical hats, entered the hall led by a sheik. Beckoned by the chant of a blind singer and the melancholy solo of a reed flute, they threw off their voluminous black cloaks, symbols of the tomb that they believe encases the soul. Slowly and gracefully they began to revolve, their long white skirts billowing into circles. Gradually they extended their arms, one palm turned heavenward to receive divine grace, the other toward earth, symbolically dispensing the grace...