The Essential Mystics, Poets, Saints, and Sages: A Wisdom Treasury - Couverture souple

Hooper, Richard

 
9781571746931: The Essential Mystics, Poets, Saints, and Sages: A Wisdom Treasury
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1571746935 ISBN 13 : 9781571746931
Editeur : Hampton Roads Publishing Co, 2013

Synopsis

This is the world bible for mystics, with entries from hundreds of men and women saints from all ages and religions. This volume stresses the beauty of religious language and mystical experience, including hundreds of entries from the greatest poetsand mystics of all time.

Included are selections from William Blake, Ramakrishna, Rumi, St. John of the Cross, Osho, Tagore, Chuang Tzu and another 150 more mystics from the Christian, Sufi, Hindu, Jewish, Taoist and Buddhist traditions. The selections fall into 18 categories which include The Path With, Love and Compassion, Oneness, Prayer and Enlightenment/Awakening.

The selections are given context by the introductory essays by Hooper, which explore the Perennial Philosophy, the nature of the mystical experience and the way of non-dualism.

This is a book that is an ideal gift as well as a book for individuals looking for daily guidance and support, regardless of the religious or sectarian affiliations.

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À propos de l?auteur

Richard Hooper is a former Lutheran pastor with degrees in both theology and the philosophy of world religions.

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Éditeur
Hampton Roads Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1571746935
ISBN 13 
9781571746931
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
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