Mystic poetry has a
perfectly concrete meaning, much more than intellectual poetry which is much
more abstract. The nature of the intellect is abstraction; spirituality and
mysticism deal with the concrete by their very nature.Sri Aurobindo
Letters on Poetry and Art
SABCL - Volume 27
Part 1. Poetry and its Creation
Section 2. The Poetry of the Spirit
Psychic, Mystic and Spiritual Poetry
Mystic Poetry [2]
Mystic poetry has a
perfectly concrete meaning, much more than intellectual poetry which is much
more abstract. The nature of the intellect is abstraction; spirituality and
mysticism deal with the concrete by their very nature.
8 December 1936