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Through Thunder

Through Thunder: An Epic Poem of Death and Rebirth released May 20, 2005.

In the midst of his stormy years and dark night of the soul, twenty years ago,
Tav Sparks spontaneously wrote this “epic” poem, Through Thunder. Epic spiritual poems in ancient literature provided experiences in their times akin to our most profound experiences of film today. Through the poet-director’s image, sound, and emotion, the reader or listener might find connection to inspire or affirm both the struggle and the transcendence. Through Thunder feels and sounds us through the archetypal “Hero’s Journey” described by Joseph Campbell. It draws the perennial, turbulent, death-rebirth map of psychospiritual awakening, a process experienced by the mystics of all religions.

Advance Praise for Through Thunder

Tav Sparks

Through poetry, we are able to touch deep archetypal places which ignite both memory and the imagination. Through Thunder is an epic poem which evokes the timeless archetype of death/rebirth in a way that reduces fear and reflects the resilience of the human spirit.

~Angeles Arrien, Ph.D., Cultural Anthropologist, Author of The Four-Fold Way and The Second Half of Life.

With skillful poetics and spiritual authenticity, Tav Sparks guides us through realms where archetypes and galaxies vibrate within us, and the psyche and the sacred intertwine. The passion and majesty of Sparks’ mythic language evokes a feeling of universes blooming between the cells of your body.

~Drew Dellinger, Founder of Poets for Global Justice, author of Love Letter to the Milky Way.

Through Thunder is a modern odyssey, fierce, honest, and filled with stunning imagery and language. Tav Sparks guides us through his spiritual crisis and redemption with powerful poetry, making his personal journey universal, speaking to us all.

~Wes Nisker, Author, Buddha’s Nature, Crazy Wisdom

The images and sound flows of this poem light up the soul’s dark night like lightning, in glows and flashes, while leaving that dark night’s landscape in place. We sense the proximity of solid shapes in strange territory, much as a blind person exploring a new home. We both bear and transcend the paradoxical, spiritual/material puzzle of the soul and the body. Our minds read the thunder words a few seconds after they have gashed through our layers of dependence on one-dimensional meaning.

~Kylea Taylor, Author of The Ethics of Caring and The Breathwork Experience

Through Thunder takes us on one man’s journey into the darkness and out again into the light, a journey with which many of us can easily identify. Every line is filled with deep emotion and fierce imagery that ignites the inner fire, that pushes us towards the death/rebirth experience through which we must all pass.

~Jai Uttal, world musician and
Grammy-nominated recording artist..

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