Book 1 Canto 1 Movement 1 Summary
Book One: The Book of Beginnings
Fading of the Light pp. 5-6
Passage-by-Passage Summary.
Book 1 Canto 1 Movement 1, Part 4
The Descent of Light pp. 3-4
Passage-by-Passage Summary.
Book 1 Canto 1 Movement 1, Part 3
Awakening to the Light pp. 2-3
Passage-by-Passage Summary.
Book 1 Canto 1 Movement 1, Part 2
The beginning of Creation pp. 1-2
Passage-by-Passage Summary.
Book 1 Canto 1 Movement 1, Part 1
Opening Remarks
B1 C1 Opening Remarks Dawn, as the Master-poet suggests, is a symbol. Ordinarily, that is to say, materially, physically, it is the herald of a new day. However it is also a symbol of Hope, the advent of Light and Illumination, at once physical and psychological, as well as spiritual. Read More
Book One Summary
Book One, as the name itself suggests is the Book of Beginnings. It sets the note and the backdrop of the epic. The Beginning referred to here is the beginning of King Aswapati’s Yoga, his central aspiration to save Earth and humanity from its strange predicament of a never-ending cycle of rise and fall.