Download or read book Confessions of an Ordinary Mystic written by Jannel T. Glennie and published by Greenleaf Book Group Press. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Late for My Plane written by Michelle Senjem and published by . This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary memoir, Senjem's story mixes the pain of many struggles and questions with courage, wit, compassion, and the practical but profound guidance of mystical forces.
Download or read book Confessions of a Christian Mystic written by River Jordan and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Praying for Strangers and four Southern gothic novels comes a chronicle of faith and spirituality that is personal, raw, wise, revelatory - and very funny. With a unique mix of passionate revelation and quirky humor, River Jordan takes us on a journey through her Southern childhood to her present-day life as a novelist. Her stories run the gamut from dancing disco nights and midnight desert rides to surprise visitations with the Divine. Included are comforting letters to personal friends and loved ones about faith, death, heartbreaks and their futures. Confessions of a Christian Mystic is a highly original work about an extraordinary faith that never loses touch with current culture or everyday realities. Jordan invites us to join in on her wild ride searching for the holy mysteries of God. This haunting work will leave you deeply comforted and full of hope. Hailed as "a book for our times," Confessions gently leads us closer to that Divine mystery that shapes us and gives us life.
Download or read book The Confessions of a Reluctant Mystic written by Sue Talbot and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mysticism of Saint Augustine written by John Peter Kenney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-09-19 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Augustine's vision at Ostia is one of the most influential accounts of mystical experience in the Western tradition, and a subject of persistent interest to Christians, philosophers and historians. This book explores Augustine's account of his experience as set down in the Confessions and considers his mysticism in relation to his classical Platonist philosophy. John Peter Kenney argues that while the Christian contemplative mysticism created by Augustine is in many ways founded on Platonic thought, Platonism ultimately fails Augustine in that it cannot retain the truths that it anticipates. The Confessions offer a response to this impasse by generating two critical ideas in medieval and modern religious thought: firstly, the conception of contemplation as a purely epistemic event, in contrast to classical Platonism; secondly, the tenet that salvation is absolutely distinct from enlightenment.
Download or read book Memoirs of an Ordinary Mystic written by Dorothy G. MacLean and published by Lorian Press. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the author's journey from being part of the British secret service during World War II to co-founding the Findhorn Foundation spiritual community in northern Scotland and subsequently becoming a spiritual teacher.
Download or read book Confessions of a Rational Mystic written by Gregory Schufreider and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confessions of a Rational Mystic exposes both aspects of this transitional thinker through a multidimensional interpretation of his Pioslogion. It treats Anselm's famous proof for the existence of God as both a rational argument and an exercise in mystical theology, analyzing the logic of its reasoning while providing a phenomenological account of the vision of God that is embedded within it. Through a deconstructive reading of the cycle of prayer and proof that forms the overall structure of the text, not only is the argument returned to its place in the Proslogion as a whole, but the historic relationship that it attempts to establish between faith and reason is examined. In this way, the critical role that Anselm played in the history of philosophy is seen in a new light.
Download or read book Praying for Strangers written by River Jordan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if there was something you could do-something simple, yet so powerful-that could positively influence others and change your life in the process? Critically acclaimed author River Jordan discovered that very thing... As 2009 approached, both of River Jordan's sons were about to go off to war-one to Iraq and the other to Afghanistan-and she was planning a family reunion to see them off. All River could do was pray for her sons' safety and hope to maintain her strength, until she unexpectedly came upon the perfect New Year's resolution-one that focused on others instead of herself. She would pray for a complete stranger every single day of the year. In Praying for Strangers, Jordan tells that the discovery that she made along the journey was not simply that her prayers touched the lives of these strangers (in often astounding ways), but that the unexpected connections she made with other people would be a profound experience that would change her life forever.
Download or read book An Ordinary Mystic written by Mark Derewicz and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-29 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ray was six years old, his mother lay dying in a makeshift hospital on an Alaskan Island, praying with all her heart for God to watch over her sons when she's gone. A bit of a scoundrel as a kid, Ray experienced a religious awakening in 1957 when he was 18 and immediately began teaching a new way to view the Bible. To Ray, Jesus was not necessarily the only way to "know" God. This got him into trouble with church elders. Excommunicated in his 20s and raising a family from paycheck to paycheck, he ran into a strange woman who liked Ray's inclusive understanding of Christ's teachings and invited Ray to meet some like-minded friends who were part of a religion Ray had never heard of. He refused to meet them. The woman accused Ray of being a hypocrite. Ray gritted his teeth, acquiesced, and met these believers of this "odd" religion with a name he could not pronounce. This meeting, when Ray was 26, changed the fate of his life and the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of people across the United States . . . for the better. Ray was, in one sense, ordinary - a football-loving family man with a penchant for coffee and peanut butter who wound up co-owning a tiny architectural firm dedicated to building shoe stores. In another sense, Ray was mystical - seemingly without stress even though he had reason to be incredibly stressed out. He was absurdly patient and generous, a lover of truth, and a wayfarer who felt guiding by God even when he went blind. His spiritual understanding of life and how to live it led him to believe his calling was to help his fellow human beings view reality in a world-embracing way that transcended the modern boundaries of religions, countries, and peoples. Along the way, Ray uncovered a divinely inspired plan spiritually detailing how humans were destined to live - in unity and in peace. This book is a memoir dedicated to Ray Estes, now nearing 80 years of age, and his positive influence on the many friends he made along the way...
Download or read book The Living Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Me and the Big Bang written by Dr. Richey Novak and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like medieval mystics wanting to understand and even merge with God, many people today want to comprehend their relationship to the universe, but also feel comfortable in it. Finding ones place in the vastness of time and space is a daunting task for which searchers need all the help they can get. In Me and the Big Bang, Richey Novak shares reflections from his own quest to find the meaning and purpose of life while exploring the often complicated man-universe relationship. Novak uses insights from the worlds of science, anthropology, and psychology to outline the unfolding of the universe from the moment of origin down a long evolutionary path that ultimately culminated, for him, in individual consciousness and self-awareness. Tracing a path from the Big Bang theory to the evolution of man to myths and religions, Novak provides answers to the common questions that virtually all humans have at one time or another. Me and the Big Bang an intimate, honest exploration of the process of coming into being and living a rich, full life that will help anyone ready to embark on their own journey to the truth.
Download or read book A Prayer Journal written by Flannery O'Connor and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I would like to write a beautiful prayer," writes the young Flannery O'Connor in this deeply spiritual journal, recently discovered among her papers in Georgia. "There is a whole sensible world around me that I should be able to turn to Your praise." Written between 1946 and 1947 while O'Connor was a student far from home at the University of Iowa, A Prayer Journal is a rare portal into the interior life of the great writer. Not only does it map O'Connor's singular relationship with the divine, but it shows how entwined her literary desire was with her yearning for God. "I must write down that I am to be an artist. Not in the sense of aesthetic frippery but in the sense of aesthetic craftsmanship; otherwise I will feel my loneliness continually . . . I do not want to be lonely all my life but people only make us lonelier by reminding us of God. Dear God please help me to be an artist, please let it lead to You." O'Connor could not be more plain about her literary ambition: "Please help me dear God to be a good writer and to get something else accepted," she writes. Yet she struggles with any trace of self-regard: "Don't let me ever think, dear God, that I was anything but the instrument for Your story." As W. A. Sessions, who knew O'Connor, writes in his introduction, it was no coincidence that she began writing the stories that would become her first novel, Wise Blood, during the years when she wrote these singularly imaginative Christian meditations. Including a facsimile of the entire journal in O'Connor's own hand, A Prayer Journal is the record of a brilliant young woman's coming-of-age, a cry from the heart for love, grace, and art.
Download or read book Confessions of a Closet Mystic written by Julia Turner Hultgren and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Confessions of a Closet Mystic" is the story of how Julia Turner Hultgren, MSW, refused to listen to Jesus when he first appeared to her while she was meditating in her musty smelling basement, because she didn't believe it was him. After three years of ignoring him, she gradually started taking advice from him. He then encouraged and trained her as a channel to receive information from him, and finally began sharing with her the story he wants to share with us. It is the story of how he learned to connect with Divine Love through thirteen lifetimes, witnessed by Julia, before becoming the Christ. These lifetimes fully illustrate that the path to becoming an ascended master covers the spectrum of human experience. Finally in his life as the Christ, Jesus shows us how he enhanced his ability to receive universal wisdom with the teachings of shamans and mystics. This grew into a potent discipline where he developed his ability to transform life in miraculous ways. "Confessions of a Closet Mystic" is three layers of story. First, it is an account of the lifetimes Julia shared with Jesus where he learned to receive universal wisdom. Second, it is the description of Julia's current life as he coaches her in opening herself to receive universal wisdom. Third, it is a guide communicated to Julia by Jesus, with the help of his mother, Mary, and the apostle Peter, which gives explicit instructions for how we connect to Divine Love. "Confessions of a Closet Mystic" is a refreshing, sometimes argumentative, irreverent, funny and deeply loving story. It proves that connecting with Divine Love only requires dedication and desire for connection with source.
Download or read book The Ascension of a Mystic written by Catherine Klan Smith and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2024-03-20 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ascension of a Mystic is about a very ordinary woman who had an incredible union with Jesus that would influence her the rest of her life. The book outlines spiritual process and logical truth like no other. The concepts are simple yet profound. They are life changing is you so choose them to be.
Download or read book The Greatest Stories Ever Retold written by Ross Thomas Lucas and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wonder what the Samaritan woman who met Jesus at Jacob’s Well was like. What were the circumstances that led to her being there, drawing water in the heat of the day? The New Testament does not give us much background on the people involved in some of the familiar stories. This book brings those characters to life by letting the reader imagine what their life might have been like. Consider Joseph as a man wondering how he got himself into a situation where he and his pregnant wife were traveling to Bethlehem. What happened at the birth of Jesus from the perspective of another guest in the Inn? Did the jailer in Philippi have a son? If he did, how might he have viewed the events that happened while Paul was a prisoner? A Centurion had a servant who was ill. What was the relationship between the Centurion and the servant? How did the Centurion happen to get sent to Galilee? These stories take New Testament stories as a starting place and consider a different possibility. They will challenge you to think again about the people who might have met Jesus in person.
Download or read book Why My Silver Is Gold written by Mark Crear and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Confessions of an Ordinary Mystic is an account of the spiritual transformation of a young, adventurous poet traveling through Europe in the summer of 1970 whose experiences and encounters reveal a new spirituality and wisdom that draws upon insights from the timeless religious traditions, and the avant-garde spiritual movements. The Confessions gives the reader a deeper understanding of the meaning of God and Humankind as it explores the balance of good and evil in each person, and the possibility of hope, love, and forgiveness. The story describes a new way to grasp and appreciate spiritual longings and intuitions, a way that leads each person to a reevaluation of life and the path to spiritual transformation and enlightenment. In the Confessions, the reader is led to the brink of madness and ecstasy, and witnesses the birth of a new spiritual consciousness of which we are the co-creators. The book suggests that as we recognize and assume responsibility for this new spiritual life, it will become easier to transform ourselves in ways that will help us survive the potentially cataclysmic technological, biological, and cultural changes Humankind faces as we move into the twenty-first century.
Download or read book In My Own Words written by Elizabeth Clare Prophet and published by Summit University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From modest beginnings, Elizabeth Clare Prophet rose to become one of the world's most compelling, charismatic and controversial spiritual leaders. Her life and accomoplishments have been chronicled by others. But never, until now, has there been a firsthand account. In this book, Elizabeth Clare Prophet tells the story of the search for her life's mission during her first twenty-two years. It provides an unflinching view of the struggles and triumphs that helped define her life. This memoir is a glimpse into the life and character of an extraordinary figure in new Age spirituality. It offers an intimate look into what it means to be a mystic in today's world.
