This intriguing book tells the extraordinary stories of present-day encounters with angels, traces the appearance of angels in various cultures, and explores how writers--such as Dante, Milton, and Shakespeare--have responded to angels throughout history. Illustrated.
In the middle ages, in France, Jeanne--a member of the Cathars, the anti-Catholic sect that was a main target of the Inquisition--is forced to flee her village. As she wanders the land in the guise of a madwoman, and then takes up with Jerome, who saves her from death, she thinks back on her tumultuous life
When pastor Tom Buckford arrives Naughton, he has lost his 'believing hope." He prays to love again, and then falls passionately in love with a married woman; crisis. Once he surrenders to love, he is smitten by a mystical Revelation of God, leading inexorably to his heresy trial. Set in the South in the late 1950's, this is a complex book with ...
Here, 35 of today''s most highly regarded pho tographers were asked to submit a photo that best expresses their vision of an angel. A running list of angel names, alo ng with a description of their early duties, is included wit h each photograph. '
"[A] PRETTY LITTLE BOOK ABOUT MIRACLES. . .Sometimes funny, sometimes reverent, sometimes inspirational". --L.A. Daily News Sophy Burnham's name has become synonymous with angels. Her first book about the beautiful presence of celestial beings in human affairs, A Book of Angels, was embraced by readers across the country and ultimately soared onto ...
Including inspiring accounts of saints and ecstatics, this book demystifies mysticism and shows the many different paths readers can follow in their everyday lives for powerful spiritual encounters.
This exploration of prayer includes true stories of those who have benefited from their practice as well as the most recent research on its health benefits. Each chapter ends with a prayer from a major religious tradition, suggesting that the act is universal in its appeal.
In this deeply personal book, Sophy Burnham describes her momentous journey into mystical awareness. In addition, Burnham describes the practices that invite mystical experience--prayer and fasting, meditation, and mind-altering substances.
From the author of A Book of Angels comes a tremendously moving novel called "transcendental" by Publishers Weekly. The angel appeared in the White House one night with no warning. It stood by the President's bed, flooding the bedroom with light. The angel faded without saying a word, but its appearance forever changed the fate of the world.
If only it were as easy for most writers as it was for Stendhal. The truth about the act of writing is much more varied, even violent. In fact, there seem to be as many contradictory admonitions about how to go about doing it as there are writers themselves. With that in mind, writer Sophy Burnham has collected the thoughts of some of the greatest ...
Sophy Burnham tells not only the extraordinary true stories of present-day encounters with angels, but also traces the understanding and study of angels through history and in different cultures.
With a journalist's eye for fact and a mystic's sensitivity to the spirit, the author of A Book of Angels shows how prayer can aid us during our most painful times and remedy our deepest wounds.
Here are stories of everyday mystics and miracles from the author of the bestseller "A Book of Angels". Framed with Burnham's own spiritual trails and triumphs, this audiobook makes the teachings of history's great mystics clear and practical, while mapping the way into this ecstatic realm for every listener.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1990
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