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Spirituality, Contemplation & Transformation: Writings on Centering Prayer
Thomas Keating

Lantern Books, 2008

In Spirituality, Contemplation & Transformation, leading practitioners of centering prayer--the contemporary expression of the Christian contemplative tradition as developed by the desert fathers and mothers and elaborated by mystics such as saints John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila--write about the many and varied benefits of this dynamic and intimate means of connecting with the Divine. Thomas Keating and David Frenette examine the ...

New Seeds of Contemplation (New Directions Paperbook)

45 reviews
Thomas Merton

New Directions, 2007

"To hope is to risk frustration. So make up your mind in advance to risk frustration."
Thomas Merton's "New Seeds of Contemplation" is nothing short of life-changing: the complexity of his relationship with the interior life and titanic inward spirituality makes this the kind of book you will refer to for your entire life and may never understand it fully even then (I don't, and have read it twice now). For all that, you will still enjoy and admire the man. Just about ...

On Gwendolyn Brooks: Reliant Contemplation (Under Discussion)

University of Michigan Press, 2001

This essential book collects reviews and essays on the art and career of Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. While she is best known for her poetry, Brooks's essays, fiction, and children's collections have also drawn critical acclaim and are discussed in this volume. Stephen Caldwell Wright's collection gathers essays and reviews from a remarkable range of sources: from long out-of-print journals to the New ...

Contemplation of the Holy Mysteries: The Mashahid al-asrar of Ibn 'Arabi
Ibn 'Arabi

Anqa Publishing, 2008

A major work of mystical literature, this account focuses on 14 visions in the form of dramatic conversations with the divine, interspersed with dazzling visionary episodes regarding the nature of existence, humans' relationship with reality, and the way to achieve true happiness. The introduction presents a resume of Ibn 'Arabi's life and examines in detail the style and symbolism of the contemplations. Presented for the first time in English, ...

Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation

8 reviews
Thomas Keating

Continuum International Publishing Group, 1994

Invitation to Deeper Prayer
INVITATION TO LOVE is the third of Father Keating's books to deal with Christian Comtemplation, centering prayer and developing a deeper understanding of our relationship to God. This type of prayer, unlike more active forms, enables us to "rest in God's presence" and can help us in our journey toward God. In this book, the author discusses the many false programs for happiness and levels of ...

Contemplation
Francis Kelly Nemeck, Marie Theresa Coombs

Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2001

Contemplation
David F. Allen

Curtain Call Productions, LLC, 2004

From the Author Dr. David F. Allen: "A book that goes beyond the search for the heart and the shattering of our resistances to love and encourages us to LIVE from the heart - moving from our false selves and opening our true selves in and to God. Even with our modern telecommunications revolution and email, we say less and have become even less intimate with those around us. Part 1 of this book discusses the relationship between contemplation, ...

Contemplation in Action

1 review
Richard Rohr

The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2006

Very Inspiring Book
Easy book to read--Full of real people making inspiring choices. A must read for anyone who wants to lead a life of intention.

Happiness and Contemplation

3 reviews
Josef Pieper

St. Augustine's Press, 1998

A True Work of Art
Josef Pieper gave us a true and indisputable work of art in this short book. The theme is that man's happiness is found in contemplation, in seeing, in being together with, in the presence of the only beloved object that fully satisfies: God who is perfect goodness, truth, and beauty. The face of God is revealed in our contemplation of what He created. So it is apt that in the elegant lyrical ...

Meditation and Contemplation: An Ignatian Guide to Prayer with Scripture (Crossroad Book)
Timothy M. Gallagher

The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2008

The cornerstones of Ignatius of Loyola’s spiritual practice—meditation and contemplation—are clearly explained in this simple guide to the Ignatian method with examples from the experience of practitioners and quotations from Catholic spiritual teachers. In the process, the deeper structure of the spiritual practice is illuminated, and advice about adapting it to individual needs is offered. Topics include methods of praying, ...

Messiaen's Contemplations of Covenant and Incarnation (Dimension and Diversity: Studies in 20th-century Music)

1 review
Siglind Bruhn

Pendragon Pr, 2007

A perfect melding of theology and musical criticism
German-born Musicologist and concert pianist Siglind Bruhn presents Messiaen's Contemplations of Covenant and Incarnation: Musical Symbols of Faith in the Two Great Piano Cycles of the 1940s, a scholarly, hermeneutic analysis of two spiritually motivated instrumental compositions by renowned composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): "Visions de l'Amen" for two pianos (1943) and "Vingt Regards sur ...

Religion and the Hermeneutics of Contemplation
D. Z. Phillips

Cambridge University Press, 2001

D.Z. Phillips argues that intellectuals need not see their task as being for or against religion, but as one of understanding it. What stands in the way of this task is certain methodological assumptions about what inquiry into religion must be. Beginning with Bernard Williams on Greek gods, Phillips goes on to examine these assumptions in the work of Hume, Feurerbach, Marx, Frazer, Tylor, Marett, Freud, Durkheim, Lévy-Bruhl, Berger and Winch. ...

Contemplative Prayer

17 reviews
Thomas Merton

Image, 1971

An excellent guide to contemplative prayer
Thomas Merton was a monk, and in this book he explains ways that the non-monastic can live a life of prayer. In doing so he provides exercises for the contemplative novice (like me) and warns against bad habits of prayer that are easy to fall into. Here is his explanation of the purpose of monastic prayer: "To prepare the way so that God's action may develop this 'faculty for the supernatural,' ...

Seeds of Contemplation

1 review
Thomas Merton

New Directions, 1987

The Most Famous Monk's Most Famous Work
I read this book when I was in monastic life myself, and I will never forget the impact it had on me. It simply is a great book, a testament to solitude and the cloistered life of service. Today, especially, it has tremendous relevance. Joseph Dispenza, author of "God On Your Own: Finding a Spiritual Path Outside Religion."

Phenomenology of a Puppet Theatre: Contemplations on the Art of Javanese Wayang Kulit (Verhandelingen)
Jan Mrazek

Kitlv Press, 2006

This study of wayang focuses on the power of the theatrical medium, the actuality of the performance as a physical, emotional, and social experience and event, and the sensations and feelings involved in an all-night performance. A single puppeteer moves the delicate puppets in dance-like patterns integrated with continuous music, which he also directs; he speaks the voices of all characters; and he represents beings and a mythological world ...

Enneagram Spirituality: From Compulsion to Contemplation

1 review
Suzanne Zuercher

Ave Maria Press, 1992

Penetrating insight from a wise nun.
I highly reccomend this book for not only learning about the enneagram but for learning about basic spirituality. Non-Christains can benefit too - it is a pluralistic book. It gives great wisdom about this powerful tool for psychological and spiritual understanding. She is a level-headed teacher.

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