Unfortunately, I haven't managed to locate a copy but will leave a few
notes here in case they help you or other researchers.
There were editions in 1958, 1961 and 1972. Here are details of the
first two:
Lamps of Fire from the Scriptures and Wisdom of the World. Chosen by
J. Mascaró.
MASCARÓ. Juan
pp. 330. Cambridge; Palma de Mallorea printed, 1958. 8o.
Lamps of Fire: from the scriptures and wisdom of the world. Chosen by
J. Mascaró.
MASCARÓ. Juan
pp. 279. Methuen: London, 1961. 8o.
(The Brill reference seems to be a red herring.)
THE INNER LIGHT
"On September 29, 1967, John and George were guests of David Frost on
the live late night television show The Frost Report. The subject of
this particular edition was Transcendental Meditation and it included
an interview with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, filmed earlier the same
day at London Airport.
In the invited audience at the studio in Wembley, north London was
Sanskrit scholar Juan Mascaró, a Cambridge professor. The following
month, Mascaró wrote to George enclosing a copy of Lamps Of Fire, a
collection of spiritual wisdom from various traditions which he had
edited. He suggested that George might consider putting verses from
the Tao Te Ching to music, in particular a poem titled 'The Inner
Light'.
In his preface to Lamps Of Fire, first published in 1958, Mascaró
wrote: "The passages of this book are lamps of fire. Some shine more,
and some shine less, but they all merge into that vast lamp called by
St. John of the Cross 'the lamp of the being of God'."
'The Inner Light' was the first song of George's to appear on a single
when it became the B side of 'Lady Madonna'."
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/6797/songs/theinnerlight.html
If you want to see a letter from George Harrison to Mascaro, click on
'Carta de George Harrison' near the top right of this page:
http://www.uoc.edu/lletra/noms/jmascaro/ |
