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Stephen Mitchell



Stephen Mitchell is a renowned American translator, anthologist, and poet. He has translated the go-to editions of religious and literary works such as the Tao Te Ching, the Bhagavad Gita, Gilgamesh, the Gospels, the selected works of Rainer Maria Rilke, and Beowulf. Mitchell coauthors works on mindfulness meditation for self-healing with his wife, Byron Katie.

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Purifying the Word

If there is such a thing as spiritual entertainment-something that delights to the degree that it instructs-that is exactly what Mitchell has given us.

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Bestiary: An Anthology of Poems about Animals

In Bestiary, Stephen Mitchell has collected animal poems from many ages and many cultures.

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Tao Te Ching: Translation and Commentary on the Tao Te Ching That Combines Clarity with Lucidity

Stephen Mitchell is a prolific author, and we have reviewed many of his books. His translation and commentary on the Tao Te Ching is one of great clarity and lucidity. He brings to this classic of Taoism a spiritual sensibility and a fondness for the many mysteries of life.

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Awaken Interviews Stephen Mitchell Part 1 — Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness

Stephen Mitchell’s gift is to breathe new life into ancient classics. In Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness, he offers us his riveting novelistic version of the biblical tale in which Jacob’s favorite son is sold into slavery and eventually becomes viceroy of Egypt.

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