Mat, Thanks ever so much for writing and informing us about this book and its philosophy. It sounds wonderful and if I have the chance I'll surely pick up a copy. My original comment, however, was just that the lyrics as given on this site (leonardcohen.com) state "cloud of anoint". I can ...

Possibly my favourite song of all: it is so, so beautiful with its resonances of sound and imagery, yet the meaning remains obscure... perhaps for the best. My question has to do with a line from the lyrics themselves: this site has the words as "And come forth from the cloud of anoint" wh...