The Soul Without Shame, by Byron Brown. (Shambala Press)
Everything you ever wanted to know about the superego, its impact on your soul and how to banish it. Great book.
Dog Heart, by Alison Swan. ( Alice Green & Co). A delightful book of poems by Alison who participated our fall series of sessions.
Hymn of the Universe, by Teilliard de Chardin. (Harper and Row) Out of prints, second hand copies on Amazon. Meditations on the Evolving Christ. This is the beginning of a new vision of Christianity that sees evolution as evolving love. Finally there is no war between science and religion. Remarkable Jesuit Priest, stretcher-bearer during World War I, later censured by the Vatican, discovered the skull of the Peking Man in China. Died in the sixties.
Revelations,Visions, Prophecy & Politics in the Book of Revelation by Elaine Pagels. (Viking Press). A fascination exploration, history, deep archeology into the early Christian Church. How things went wrong so early on.
The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity by Cynthia Bourgeault (Shambala Press). Cynthia is a wonderful writer, mystic, Episcopal priest, who blowing open the closed doors of dogmatism. She has also written books on centering prayer.
Falling Upward. A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, by Richard Rohr (Jossey-Bass). A Franciscan teacher, writer, mystic, general trouble maker who is on fire with fresh winds of change. This points to the flavor and gifts of spiritual life as we age.
Thanks for the blog and for these recommendations, Alison! I think Bourgeault's "The Meaning of Mary Magdalene" is excellent; I look forward to reading some of the others.
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