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"Spiritual" describes a human being who has evolved to some tangible level, as an energy force of unconditional love. "Spirituality" is the applied effort required for a human being to become spiritual, maturing the human being from the potential state to the expressed state, as a balancing force of energy."
Rob Taylor, The Irreducible Primary
With fifty new, original poems, Northern Moons emerges as a continuum to Rob Taylor's previous books, The Irreducible Primary and Noesis. Rob Taylor's writings focus precisely on the spiritual health of the human species. His poetry surgically exposes uncomfortable truths specific to the absence of spirituality relative to influences imposed on the global population by governments, political systems, religion, and the impact of adults on the world's children.
The spiritually-based essence of Taylor's poetry speaks to the layers of consciousness that compose our soul. Each line is constructed (regardless of content or perceived context) as an inspiration for the reader to engage in a mindfulness approach to understanding the dynamics and worth of human influence across the spectrum of creation. The outcome of that effort is a greater capacity for love of each other and eventually cultivating a community.
About the author
Rob Taylor is a recovering journalist who can't stop writing. In May, 2018, he got his right hip replaced with metal and plastic parts. Unable to find answers to many of his questions about preparation and recovery, he decided to write a book. The result is, "Get Hip! How to prepare for and Recover from Hip Replacement", co-authored by his skillful surgeon, Wayne Moschetti. Rob wrote from the Wall Street Journal's Washington Bureau for nine years, and for four other newspapers and the occasional magazine. He also directed science and environmental journalism training programs in more than a dozen countries for the non-profit International Center for Journalists. He has worked as a volunteer emergency medical technician, manager of a horse farm, father of two and grandfather of two more. Having moved to New England, he spends free time biking, golfing, hiking the White and Green Mountains and planning jaunts to dreamed-of spots like Torres del Paine National Park, Chile (setting for the GetHip! cover photo). He's happy to be married to his first wife, Toni Egger, and to have Nervous Nell and Hyper Piper (border collies) to lead him back out into the woods.
