Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius Freedman Harry
Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius Freedman Harry A spellbinding and unorthodox look into the life of Leonard Cohen, and the way his experiences with religion and spirituality produced one…
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Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius Freedman Harry
A spellbinding and unorthodox look into the life of Leonard Cohen, and the way his experiences with religion and spirituality produced one of the greatest musicians of our time.Leonard Cohen's music is studded with allusions to Jewish and Christian tradition, as well as Kabbalah and Zen. the baffled king composing Hallelujah'. In his 1994 classic 'Hallelujah' he opens with the words 'Now I've heard there was a secret chord, That David played, and it pleased the Lord...
His grandfather was a Rabbi. As the song progresses, Cohen takes us on a tour of the Old Testament, he sings of Samson having his hair cut by Delilah, Moses asking God's name and we even meet the blasphemer from the Book of Leviticus.This book is about the ethos, origins and traditions in Cohen's lyrics. He had grown up in an observant Jewish family; one with problems.
His father died when he was nine,