Men Who Have Walked With God: Being the Story of Mysticism Through the Ages Told in the Biographies of Representative Seers and Saints With Excerpts - Couverture souple

Cheney, Sheldon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1564592685 ISBN 13 : 9781564592682

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 1992

Synopsis

""Men Who Have Walked With God"" is a book written by Sheldon Cheney that explores the lives of various religious figures throughout history who have had a profound impact on their respective faiths. The book covers both well-known figures, such as Moses and Buddha, as well as lesser-known figures, such as St. Francis of Assisi and Ramakrishna. Each chapter delves into the life and teachings of one of these men, providing insight into their spiritual journeys and the impact they had on the world around them. The book is written in a highly accessible style and is aimed at a general audience interested in the intersection of religion and history. Overall, ""Men Who Have Walked With God"" is a fascinating exploration of the lives of some of the most influential religious figures in history.Being the Story of Mysticism through the ages told in the biographies of representative seers and saints with excerpts from their writings and sayings. Contents: The Golden Age and the Mystic Poet Lao-Tse; The Buddha, the Great Light, and the Bliss of Nirvana; The Age of Reason in Greece: Pythagoras and Plato; The Tardy Flowering of Greek Mysticism: Plotinus; Christian Mysticism, from the Founders to St. Bernard; The Medieval Flowering: Eckhart and the Friends of God; Fra Angelico, the Saintly Painter and Tool of God; Jacob Boehme, the Shoemaker-Illuminate of the Reformation; Brother Lawrence, the Lay Monk Who Attained Unclouded Vision; A Mystic in the Age of Enlightened Skepticism: William Blake.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1564592685
• ISBN 13: 9781564592682
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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