HYMN OF THE UNIVERSE

Fontana, London, 1970, 1^st pr thus.  #2247R.  MMPB, 144 pages.  Good; wraps show edge and cover wear, small corner creases, reading creases, rubs heavier on rear; binding cracked at p. 11 with all pages secure.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages.  ‘The Teilhard Centre For The Future Of Man’ information card laid in.  ‘The richness, faith, spirituality, and abundant hope of his mystical milieu tell us much about the spiritual life of the scientist-priest, and illumine the ideas behind his philosophy.  In the language of poetry he communicates both his reverence for the material world and his constant awareness of the spiritual; God’s presence can be felt throughout the created world.  The book includes Teilhard’s great mystical meditation on the cosmic influence of the Eucharist, Mass on the World; three short stories “in the style of Benson”, Christ in the World of Matter; and Pensees on the same themes chosen from his published and unpublished works.’ (from first page)