{"product_id":"scripture-of-the-golden-eternity-9780872862913","title":"Scripture of the Golden Eternity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese classic Kerouac meditations, zen koans and prose poems express the poet's beatific quest for peace and joy through oneness with the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Scripture of the Golden Eternity\u003c\/em\u003e is fueled by Kerouac's discerning meditation on the nature of impermanence \u0026amp; consciousness, subtle like the dharma it invokes. We're here to disappear, therefore let's be as vivid \u0026amp; generous as we can. The intelligence \u0026amp; compassion behind this text is still alive.\"--Anne Waldman, The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScripture of the Golden Eternity\u003c\/em\u003e is Jack Kerouac's statement of confidence in his oneness with the universe of energy and form, a confidence to which his whole being swelled. His was not the search for the ecstasy of the mystic or psychedelic or the Artaud-mad. He sought a recognition in philosophy of his early sense that his body participated in the universal forms of energy with a quality of exuberance--that 'serious exuberance' which he so accurately called jazz.\"--Eric Mottram, Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Kerouac (1922-1969) was a principal actor in the Beat Generation, a companion of Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady in that great adventure. His books include \u003cem\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLonesome Traveler\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVisions of Cody\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePomes All Sizes\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights), \u003cem\u003eScattered Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights) and \u003cem\u003eThe Scripture of the Golden Eternity\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50903564255506,"sku":"9780872862913","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_446ba674-d00b-4f1e-98e8-3dbbd3dbacd1.jpg?v=1738497785","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/scripture-of-the-golden-eternity-9780872862913","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}