Pseudo Dionysius: The Complete Works (Classics of Western Spirituality)10 reviews Karlfried Froehlich Paulist Press, 1987 The Cornerstone of Western Mysticism + more to this guy than meets the eye! + Required reading for the soul + Dionysius the Great + One of the most important Orthodox Church Fathers             The Cloud of Unknowing: and The Book of Privy Counseling (Image Book Original)19 reviews Image, 1996 The Cloud of Unknowing and the Book of Privy Counseling + For The Serious Minded Only + Must read for those interested in contemplative prayer. + A TRUE WAY TO ENCOUNTER WITH GOD             A Severe Mercy76 reviews Sheldon Vanauken HarperOne, 1987 A Theology of Joy + past legitimate doubt to serious faith + My Favorite Book + No other word but beautiful. + Wear Your Tears and Read Your Fears             The Way of a Pilgrim27 reviews Image, 1978 An Incredible Story + Excellent book on prayer and Christian living + Living Pilgrim + An incredible book full of spirituality             The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, Vol. 15 reviews Teresa of Avila Ics Pubns, 1976 Spiritual testimonies: First woman doctor of the Church + Great writings in one volume + Spare the time + Keeping prayer active through various stages of life + defies description             The Prophet262 reviews Kahlil Gibran Alfred A. Knopf, 1923 The Best Book Ever Written? + Eight Decades Later: Still Relevant, Insightful and Eloquent + The Greatest! I keep a copy of this book nearby at all times for quick reference, my personal copy home to numerous marks and marginal notes. Every line reads as the most delicate of poetry, honed and refined to the purest and most undeniable words of truth and wisdom. This may be the height of human ...             The Seven Storey Mountain98 reviews Thomas Merton Harvest Books, 1999 After "The Confessions," maybe the best-ever 'autobiography of Faith' + a life changing book + Classic! + Storey Mountain + a treasure, and immortal             Mechthild of Magdeburg: The Flowing Light of the Godhead (Classics of Western Spirituality)5 reviews Mechtild of Magdeburg Paulist Press, 1997 Transcends even current technology of movie making + Beguine Mystic of Love + Let yourself flow with Mechthild's ecstatic visions + I love Mechthild anyway             Interior Castle29 reviews St. Teresa of Avila Image, 1972 Knowing Christ + Listening to a Saint on Interior Castles + What an Excellent Book! + awesome + ONLY FOR ESSAY READERS             The Philokalia: The Complete Text (Vol. 2): Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St. Makarios ...34 reviews Faber & Faber, 1982 Worth waiting for! + Philokalia - Orthodox Christian's favorite book apart from the Bible. + Refreshment + Holy Wisdom + WOW!             Mere Christianity445 reviews C. S. Lewis HarperOne, 2001 'Oxford Retard' yet to receive a coherent rebuttal... + Astounding + Recommend the writer to everyone + Beautiful and Mentally Satisfying             The Practice of the Presence of God87 reviews of the Resurrection, Brother Lawrence Whitaker House, 1982 great read! + Advice for any age + Worth Reading + For Working People Looking for a Deeper Spiritual (Everyday) Life             The Cost of Discipleship89 reviews Dietrich Bonhoeffer Touchstone, 1995 Essential reading for Christians + Cheap grace - same old heresy it always was + Christianity without cost doesn't exist! + "The Cost of Discipleship" - Relevant as Ever             The Beloved: Reflections on the Path of the Heart (Arkana)10 reviews Kahlil Gibran Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 When Love calls nothing can stand in its way! + The Beloved: Reflections on the path of the heart + Soul-Based Wisdom on Affairs of the Heart + OK + Reflections on the path of the heart             The Way of Perfection10 reviews Teresa Of Avila Image, 1991 Good introduction to this Doctor of the Church + Read to Perfection ! ! ! + A Classic + Saintly Holiness & Its Application to Us             The Philokalia: The Complete Text (Vol. 1); Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St. Markarios ...34 reviews Faber & Faber, 1983 Worth waiting for! + Philokalia - Orthodox Christian's favorite book apart from the Bible. + Refreshment + Holy Wisdom + WOW!             Waiting for God (Perennial Classics)9 reviews Simone Weil Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2001 by a modern saint + Life changing + WAITING FOR GOD Simone Weil (1909-1943) was a remarkable saint of the modern era. After being raised in a Jewish middle class family and graduating from the finest schools, she went to work in the inner city as a blue-collar factory worker. She once complained to the supervisor about a coal drill: "This drill was ...             The Divine Milieu (Perennial Library)7 reviews Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Harper & Row, 1975 Magnificent + Le Milieu Divin + To Build the Pleroma + Intense, Intense--This Can Change Your Life + An intense, moving work             Pierre Teilhard De Chardin: Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series)2 reviews Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Ursula King Orbis Books, 1999 Worth the Effort + A Twentieth-Century Galileo Ursula King works hard to make the often difficult writing of Pierre Teilhard understandable and applicable to 2000 thinking. She did an especially effective job on this book, and even though it is often slow going, it certainly is worth the effort it takes to understand spirituality, evolution, ...             The Philokalia: The Complete Text (Vol. 3): Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St. Makarios ...34 reviews Faber & Faber, 1986 Worth waiting for! + Philokalia - Orthodox Christian's favorite book apart from the Bible. + Refreshment + Holy Wisdom + WOW!