Luminous Vision: Six Medieval Mystics and Their Teachings

Bancroft, Anne

Religion & Spirituality

Unwin Hyman

The Luminous Vision: Six Medieval Mystics and Their Teachings

Occult & Paranormal

Harpercollins

Origins of the Sacred: The Spiritual Journey In Western Tradition201 pp. "From the earliest days of human life on earth, humankind has had a feeling for the sacred, a desire for contact with the divine. Each age has had its own distinctive expression of the reality beyond sense-experience: the cave bear worship of Neanderthal man in the Ice Age; the animal magic of the shaman as depicted in cave paintings in France; the identity of the spirit with the earth herself as shown in barrows and stone circles; the great Mother Goddess who was worshipped as the seas formed around our coasts, revealed in a rock-engraved language of spirals and lozenges, eyes and circles--and so on, up to the flowering of the medieval Christian mystics against a background of war, plague and persecution. By examining the symbols for the sacred from 250,000 years ago to the tenth century AD, as seen in the microcosm of western Europe, this book shows how other humans at other times have asked the same questions that we ask, and what they have found as man progresses toward a more intense awareness of his own nature and place in the universe."Keywords: SPIRITUALITY RELIGION NEW AGE

Origins of the Sacred: The Spiritual Journey in Western Tradition

Penguin??Books

Traditionally most gurus, philosophers, and religious leaders have been men. But in this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Bancroft provides the feminine approach to mysticism by examining the methods and teachings of fifteen women who have developed their own insights into what the author calls the "truth that goes beyond the ordinary."

Weavers of Wisdom: Women Mystics of the Twentieth Century

History

A collection of studies of spiritual leaders who have made their mark on the century - including Krishnamurti, Gurdjieff, Martin Buber, Rudolf Steiner, Aldous Huxley and 14 others.

Twentieth Century Mystics and Sages

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Arkana

Annie Dillard found the sacred in the natural world. Iris Murdoch in a quest for good. Danah Zohar converted to Judaism. From the astonishing career of surgeon Sheila Cassidy, who was imprisoned for her beliefs in Chile, to the transformation of Elaine MacInnes from Catholic missionary to Zen master, these biographies of ten very different women offer a thoughtful and enlightening study of women's spiritual lives.

Women in Search of the Sacred

Describes the origin, beliefs, holy texts, ceremonies, festivals, and art of the Buddhist faith.

The Buddhist world (Religions of the world)

Silver Burdett Co.

The Buddhist World (Religions of the World)

Children's Books

Silver Burdett Pr

Religions of the East

Heinemann

A collection of studies of spiritual leaders who have made their mark on the century - including Krishnamurti, Gurdjieff, Martin Buber, Rudolf Steiner, Aldous Huxley and 14 others.

Twentieth century mystics & sages

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