The Myth of Maempo Cimande - Pukulan Cimande Pusaka

The Kris In his Supernatural World
Ing - G.J.F.I. Tammens
The Back of the Book
"The religious thinking pattern surrounding THE KRIS, can be seen as very diffuse."
Speaking is the writer of this book Gerard Tammens, old president o the V.N.W. (Dutch
organization of weapon collectors), born in 1924 in the small town Gorinchem.He already
became interested in everything Indonesian and especially the kris as early as the 1930's.
In recent years the specialized books "De KRIS 1, 2 and 3 written by him got publicized.
This fourth book gives a totally different view about this interesting subject and does so with
twenty stories.
Opening Poem - Offering flowers
This is my lust to fly high above the earth on the wings of my thoughts.
In the deep blue of the horizons, where the sunlight lit clouds sail without a purpose.
Where never ever the Miracle explained itself,
There the spirit takes his flight to the far away,
the void.
But never can the eyes,
no matter how they stare,
Fathom the unthinkable Beauty of the sky.
Oh misunderstood pain, that always hurts,
That always pushes me to carry on,
To the far away,
never reachable End.
Like a flower bathing in sunshine the soul – clean still in the dress made by space and time – in
joy, the shine of eternity.
Naar Raden Mas
NOTO SOEROTO
1922
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