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Unclouded by Longing - Meditations on Autism and Being Present in an Overwhelming World (Paperback): Christopher Goodchild Unclouded by Longing - Meditations on Autism and Being Present in an Overwhelming World (Paperback)
Christopher Goodchild; Foreword by Thomas Moore; Illustrated by Julie Lonneman
R461 Discovery Miles 4 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Truth waits for eyes unclouded by longing.' Lao-Tzu (poet and philosopher) In this collection of short, contemplative, enlightening reflections, spiritual teacher and Quaker Christopher Goodchild, inspired by his own experiences, guides you through his spiritual and philosophical journey to his truest and most peaceful self. Written from a 'soul' perspective, the book reveals how, by looking beyond vulnerability to see innate strength, and searching beyond pain and turmoil to find peace and serenity, anyone can affirm their true humanity despite the hardships and distractions of modern life. Christopher's compassionate route through difficulties, doubt, grief and fear is marked with dynamic tenderness and an artful embrace of abundant sources of wisdom. Spirituality, psychology and philosophy are seamlessly woven together in an inclusive Quaker context, led by the common values of love and forgiveness. In a world increasingly weighed down with the baggage of the self, this book will speak to anyone searching for a more clear-sighted, meaningful presence in the eternal universe.

Jane Leade - Biography of a Seventeenth-Century Mystic (Hardcover, New Ed): Julie Hirst Jane Leade - Biography of a Seventeenth-Century Mystic (Hardcover, New Ed)
Julie Hirst
R4,645 Discovery Miles 46 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Jane Leade (1624-1704) is probably the most prolific woman writer and most important female religious leader in late seventeenth-century England, yet, she still remains relatively unknown. By exploring her life and works as a prophetess and mystic, this books opens a fascinating window into the world of a remarkable woman living in a remarkable age. Born in Norfolk into a gentry family, Jane Leade enjoyed a comfortable childhood, married a distant cousin, who was a merchant, and had four children. However, she found herself totally destitute in London when he died, his fortune having been lost abroad. As a widow, she proclaimed herself to be a `Bride of Christ', and eventually became a prolific author and a respected blind, elderly leader of a religious group of well-educated men and women, known as the Philadelphian Society. The structure of this book is informed by the chronological events that happened during her life and is complemented by examining some of the material she published, including her visions of the Virgin Wisdom, or Sophia. She started writing in 1670, but published prolifically in the 1680s and 1690s, and this material offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of an extraordinary woman. Believing herself to be living in the `End Times' she expected Sophia would return with the second coming of Christ. The Philadelphian Society grew under her charge, until they were buffeted by mobs in London. Jane Leade died in her eighty-first year and is buried in the non-conformist cemetery, Bunhill Fields, in London. By contextualising her and drawing out the nature of her devotions this new book draws attention to her as a figure in her own right. Previous studies have tended to reduce her to one example within a certain tradition, but as this work clearly demonstrates she was in fact a much more complicated character who did not conform to any one particular tradition.

The Ascent to Truth (Paperback): Thomas Merton The Ascent to Truth (Paperback)
Thomas Merton
R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Out of stock

Merton defines Christian mysticism, especially as expressed by the Spanish Carmelite St. John of the Cross, and he offers the contemplative experience as an answer to the irreligion and barbarism of our times. "For those...curious about mysticism...this is an excellent book" (Catholic World).

Medieval Women's Visionary Literature (Paperback): Petroff Medieval Women's Visionary Literature (Paperback)
Petroff
R946 Discovery Miles 9 460 Out of stock

These pages capture a thousand years of medieval women's visionary writing, from late antiquity to the 15th century. Written by hermits, recluses, wives, mothers, wandering teachers, founders of religious communities, and reformers, the selections reveal how medieval women felt about their lives, the kind of education they received, how they perceived the religion of their time, and why ascetic life attracted them.

The Book Of Hiram (Paperback, New Ed): Christopher Knight, Robert Lomas The Book Of Hiram (Paperback, New Ed)
Christopher Knight, Robert Lomas 2
R324 R282 Discovery Miles 2 820 Save R42 (13%) Out of stock

This is the extraordinary story of Knight and Lomas's fourteen year quest to uncover the secret teachings buried beneath Roslin Chapel near Edinburgh. Their quest ends with extraordinary revelations about early human history - the origins of Christianity, of Freemasonry and of science. They show that all were charged with a belief in a secret cosmic code, linking, for example, the Exodus from Egypt, the founding of Solomon's Temple and the Star of Bethlehem. This book reveals for the first time why there were such high expectations of a Messiah at the time of the birth of Jesus Christ. The Book of Hiram will change everything you thought you knew about both the Bible and Freemasonry.

Experience et Ecriture Mystiques dans les Religions du Livre - Actes d'un colloque international tenu par le Centre... Experience et Ecriture Mystiques dans les Religions du Livre - Actes d'un colloque international tenu par le Centre d'etudes juives Universite de Paris IV-Sorbonne 1994 (French, English, Hardcover)
Paul Bernard Fenton, Roland Goetschel
R4,118 R3,883 Discovery Miles 38 830 Save R235 (6%) Out of stock

The present volume contains the procectings of a conference of" Writing and the Mystical Experience in the Religions of the Book" held at the Sorbonne in 1994. Though this theme is examined within the Christian and Islamic traditions, most of the contributions touch on this phenomenon in Jewish mysticism in the various stages of its historical development from the Midrash an d Merkabah right down to Luryanis Qabbalah and appear a lang site. Theoretical and methodoligical essays phenomenological studies of particular rituals connected with the mystical experience both in the Jewish and non-Jewish context. Of particular significance are the articles dealing with comparative aspects between Christian, Jewish and Muslim rituals such as baptism or the visitation of tombs.

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