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East of Ginger Trees Lyrics

Artist: Seals & Crofts
Album: Collection

(lyrics by James Seals; music by James Seals & Dash Crofts, 1971)
From the albums SUMMER BREEZE (1972), GREATEST HITS (1975), SUDAN VILLAGE (1976),
THE SEALS & CROFTS COLLECTION (1979) and LIFT UP YOUR VOICES AND SING, VOL. 2 (1997).

Go east of your dream and farm. Let peace and silence spin your yarn.
What harm can befall thee in yon wilderness of clove?
Go on east of ginger trees. Go soft and silent like the breeze.
With ease be off and wander in yon wilderness of clove.
Go on past the goldenrods, where fools and angels lose their odds.
And gods of our ancestors did immerse themselves in clove.
Go on toward the crimson shore, beyond this life of metaphors.
Where doors of understanding's house decorates he them with clove.

(From Baha'i scripture) "Be lions roaring in the forests of knowledge,
Whales swimming in the oceans of life."
Prepare to meet BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡'h in the Garden of Clove.

Note: Vahid Odin Spencer provided me with the context of the closing lyric in October of 1999 --
O Lord! Should the breath of the Holy Spirit confirm the weakest of
creatures, he would attain all to which he aspireth and would
possess anything he desireth. Indeed, Thou hast assisted
Thy servants in the past and, though they were the
weakest of Thy creatures, the lowliest of Thy servants and the most
insignificant of those who lived upon the earth, through
Thy sanction and potency they took precedence over the most
glorious of Thy people and the most noble of mankind. Whereas
formerly they were as moths, they became as royal falcons, and
whereas before they were as brooks, they became as seas, through
Thy bestowal and Thy mercy. They became, through Thy
most great favor, stars shining on the horizon of guidance,
birds singing in the rose gardens of immortality, lions
roaring in the forests of knowledge and wisdom, and whales swimming in the oceans of life.
(Abdu'l-BahÃ¡: Tablets of the Divine Plan, Page: 107)

Comments/Interpretations

by jerome thailing on 6/8/2008 12:26pm
I like the hit side "Summer breeze," but I really love "East of Ginger Trees>" Does anyone out there know whether or nor cloves can be used as a substance for altered state consciousness? If so e mail me at arizonajerome@yahoo.com

by Paul Thailing on 7/30/2013 12:08pm
can you please contact me on Facebook

by Bernie Terrien on 9/26/2014 8:15am
I think that is is "east of your dreaming pon" which is part of your brain stem?

by A. P. on 12/20/2014 8:56am
Bernie, my thumb was to big. I was trying to hit the "thumbs up" icon regarding your comment about the area of our brains, and it registered the opposite.