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Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition - Couverture souple

Smoley, Richard

 
9781570628108: Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1570628106 ISBN 13 : 9781570628108
Editeur : Shambhala, 2002

Synopsis

An eye-opening introduction to the complex world of esoteric Christianity—perfect for the general reader

This guide to mystical and esoteric Christianity speaks from a nonsectarian point of view, unearthing insights from the whole of the Christian tradition, orthodox and heretical, famous and obscure. The esoteric tradition has traditionally searched for meanings that would yield a deeper inner knowledge of the divine. While traditional Christianity draws a timeline from Adam's Fall to the Day of Judgment, the esoteric often sees time as folding in on itself, bringing every point to the here and now. While the Church fought bitterly over dogma, the esoteric borrowed freely from other traditions—Kabbalah, astrology, and alchemy—in their search for metaphors of inner truth.

Rather than basing his book around exponents of esoteric doctrine, scholar Richard Smoley concentrates on the questions that are of interest to every searching Christian. How can one attain direct spiritual experience? What does "the Fall" really tell us about coming to terms with the world we live in? Can we find salvation in everyday life? How can we ascend, spiritually, through the various levels of existence? What was Christ's true message to humankind? From the Gospel of Thomas to A Course in Miracles, from the Jesus Prayer to alchemy and Tarot, from Origen to Dante to Jung, Richard Smoley sheds the light of an alternative Christianity on these issues and more.

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À propos de l'auteur

Richard Smoley is a graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University. He is the coauthor, with Jay Kinney, of Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions and the former editor of Gnosis magazine.

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Éditeur
Shambhala
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1570628106
ISBN 13 
9781570628108
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
304
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