The Desert Monastics, thousands of monks and nuns who lived in the Egyptian wastelands between the third and fifth centuries, have come to be seen as the Olympians of the spiritual life. Renowned spiritual writer Joan Chittister explores the sayings of the Desert Mothers and Fathers, finding wisdom from that ancient tradition that speaks to your life today. This popular introduction to a powerful source of Christian wisdom can be a companion to your own spiritual journey.
Acclaimed music journalist Alan Light follows the improbable journey of Cohen's "Hallelujah" straight to the heart of popular culture and gives insight into how great songs come to be, how they come to be listened to, and how they can be forever reinterpreted.
Come on, Yu, you'll be fine when you get into the Dragon Valley." It was a man who was bathed in black. Even the color of the night is less than one thousandth of the black light on men. Black light covered his whole body and he couldn't see his face
Apart from being a scholar and theologian, Rowan Williams has also demonstrated a rare gift for speaking and writing plainly and clearly about essentials of the Christian faith. In the chapters of this book he writes with profound perception about the life of holiness to which we are called. The range of Williams' frame of reference is astonishing – he brings poets and theologians to his aid, he writes about the Rule of St Benedict, the Bible, Icons, contemplation, St Teresa of Avila and even R. D. Laing. He concludes with two chapters on the injunction 'Know Thyself' in a Christian context. Throughout, Williams points out that holiness is a state of being – it is he writes 'completely undemonstrative and lacking any system of expertise. It can never be dissected and analysed.'
When a person embarks upon their spiritual journey into a higher state of consciousness, a breakdown of epic and unmanageable proportions often occurs. This breakdown can open them up to communion with what is described as a Holy Light. Trauma, and near death experiences were often consistently testified as feeling and seeing a Holy Light. This dissertation discusses the intersection of the Holy Light and the individual. The Holy Light is both God, and the creative force Christians call the Holy Spirit. Historical works, and numerous accounts of current day revelations from varied sources, cite the powerful moments transpired, elevating a person into the truth of oneness or presence with the Holy Light. These experiences even if known for but a moment, can irrevocably change the course of one's life. In the moments of deep surrender and vibrational alignment, this Holy Light comes rushing in, and oneness is once again remembered.
LISTEN TO ITS RHYTHMS WITH AN OPEN HEART The Book of the Holy Light reveals the nature of God in the form of the Son of God. The first chapter, The Testament of the Holy Light of God, opens the framework of existence in the body of God revealing the nature of light in the embrace of unity. The book continues with The Testament of the Son of God inviting the children of light to return home to the inner space of God. The next chapter, The Twelve Transformations of the Holy Light of God, awakens the inner transformations of consciousness transmuting the children of light into the body of God. Next, The Trans-portal Matrix of Divine Grace describes the inter-connecting matrix of consciousness binding the children of light in the body of God. The book continues with The Dimensions of Light opening the multi-dimensional universe to the children of God. The next chapter, The Forms of Ascending Light, triggers the mechanisms of ascension in the consciousness of the child of light. Finally, The Circle of Ascending Light weaves a tapestry of light around the children of God connecting them to the body of God. "This is the story of light told through revelation. To appreciate it fully you must set aside your intellect and, like poetry, listen to its rhythms with an open heart." Tony Ellis, award winning poet and author of There is Wisdom in Walnuts
Vine Prayers is encouragement for the reader to apprehend the grace of abiding in Christ. The book is comprised of biddings for fellow branches and prayers to the True Vine for holding readers closer to the heart of God.
