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ILLUMINATED MYSTERIES / MISTERIOS ILUMINADOS by Julio César Aguilar
Julio César Aguilar gives a brief journey through the questioning of life’s purpose and then illustrates the beauty of optimism. Illuminated Mysteries provides an uplifting message when we are burdened by daily worry and conflict.
Julio César Aguilar nos da una breve jornada por las preguntas sobre el propósito de la vida y la belleza del optimismo. Misterios iluminados proveen un mensaje que nos eleva cuando estamos agobiados por penas y conflictos cotidianos.
UNTOUCHABLE
(excerpt)
Life, still young,
awaits as with her
warm kiss.
Today let's sing together
like I sing with enthusiasm
to make myself real,
because now I want
to illuminate myself
with my existence.
INASIBLE
(excerpt)
La vida, joven aún,
nos aguarda con su
cálido beso.
Cantemos unidos hoy
como yo canto entusiasmado
para hacerme real,
porque quiero ya iluminarme
con mi existencia.
Trade paperback, 5.5x8.5, xxii, 46 pp.
ISBN 0-99644836-6-1, LCCN 2001 135395, 2001.
In English and Spanish.
Translated by Alicia Zavala Galván, Gladis Berenice De Leon,
and Julio César Aguilar.
Prolog by Monseñor Aureliano Tapia Méndez, Epilog by
Dolores Castro.
$12.95
Aguilar reveals his soul to his readers in this extraordinary
collection of poems. The poet, determined to mine the deepest parts
of his heart, takes on a mystical, soul seeking journey. Every reader
will be challenged and changed by Aguilar's work. One stanza captures
his consciousness of his union with his Creator, and with these
words, Aguilar won my heart: "Wherever I go, You are... / That
is how I know the world is my house." I want to be the first in
line to buy this inspirational book of poetry.
--Floydell Reed Neugent†, author, Just a Few Words (1998)
El poeta buscando hacia la luz en nuestro mundo. Me gustó la voz dolorosa que se extiende poderosamente por esta realidad fria. Hay un juego de la luz y la oscuridad como si fuera un cuadro de Velazquez. La voz no pierde la esperanza, ya que lo que canta va a renacer. ¡El poema "Misterios Iluminados" es uno de los poemas mas bellos que he leido! ¡Bravo!
The poet is searching toward the light in our desolate world. I
liked the sorrowful voice that is powerfully extended through this
cold reality. There is a play of light and darkness as if it were a
painting of Velasquez. The voice does not loose hope because what is
sung will be reborn. The poem "Illuminated Mysteries" is
one of the loveliest poems that I have read! Bravo!
--Juan W. Bahk, author, Surrealismo y budismo zen (1997)
...un excelente libro que se puede leer y releer con emoción creciente.
...an excellent book that can be read and re-read with increasing emotion.
--Dolores Castro, author, Cantares de Vela (1960)
It is not often that a poet finds the strength to write not only
of life's sorrows and disappointments, but also of its joys. Julio
Cesar Aguilar seems to find the perfect blending of these two
elements in his collection of poetry Illuminated Mysteries. ...
Throughout the collection he merges this message of hope against the
numerous and often disappointing odds of life. In this assortment he
speaks of the tragic disappointment that existence brings, yet is
always supported by a delicate undercurrent of hope, a undercurrent
that proves to be strong enough to guide the reader through his
collection while slightly bending his lyrical intent towards bliss.
Aguilar's compilation proves to be a journey of the self through the
very oceans of expression and irony that leave the reader wet and
fatigued with hope.
--Becoming: The Underground Journal, May 2004, www.geocities.com/becomingjournalbookreviews/illuminatedmysteries.html