The Theotokos and the Soul

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Within the pages of The Theotokos and the Soul, Ana Săcrieru invites us into a realm where spirit and thought entwine like vines of light. Her poetry flows with an unbroken music, lifting the Soul beyond the boundaries of earth and sky, time and memory. Critics have spoken of her luminous weaving of the sacred and the profane, of her serene dialogue between the finite and the infinite. In the hush between locked gates and barren fields, the Theotokos and the Soul sing to one another, sowing green in the deserts of the mind, and kindling new dawns where all seemed lost. This is a work that transcends mere words, reaching into the silence where love alone endures.

In The Theotokos and the Soul, Ana Săcrieru offers a luminous meditation poised between the spiritual and the philosophical, between the realms of heaven and earth, between the finite and the infinite. Her vision reveals the Theotokos and the Soul as twin presences in a vast cosmos where love and light transcend the traditional confines of time and human experience.

Vasile Poenaru

Ana Săcrieru’s poetry is marked by an otherworldly quality, carried by a continuous, soaring flow. It is a space where the sacred and the profane intertwine so seamlessly that they seem born of a single breath, their fusion perfect and indivisible. Her verses possess a deep musicality and a flowing harmony—akin to the unbroken cadence of a Byzantine monody, now illuminated by the presence of the Theotokos as divine figure and mystical mother of the Soul.

Gheorghiță Geană

In The Theotokos and the Soul, the two engage in a ceaseless dialogue, striving to dispel misunderstanding and frailty, to chart the life of the soul caught “behind locked gates,” and to rekindle life across scorched fields, barren deserts, and the swamplands of thought. The presence of the Theotokos elevates the poems into a contemplative drama, in which the maternal face of divinity gently leads the Soul toward light.

Ioan Holban