The Cloud Of Unknowing Distilled

Author : Daniel London
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1949643905

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The Cloud of Unknowing Distilled by Daniel London Pdf

Do you believe that God is the self-giving Love that moves the sun and other stars as well as the Love that is closer to you than your very breath? If not, please stop reading altogether. If so, then proceed... As Daniel London's concise introduction explains, The Cloud of Unknowing teaches us that God is not a thought or an idea, but a loving presence to be encountered in the simplicity of silence. Whether you have treasured this classic text for years or are coming to it for the first time, you will find something here that speaks to your soul and invites you more deeply into the life of prayer. -Arthur Holder, PhD, Professor of Christian Spirituality, Graduate Theological Union, editor of Christian Spirituality: The Classics and The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality Like meeting an old friend after an absence and immediately being on intimate terms again, I met the essence of the beloved author of "the Cloud." This devotional brought me to tears and to belly laughs with that familiar wisdom and wink of slyness I have loved throughout my life. Daniel DeForest London has indeed distilled the author's authentic voice. -Suzanne Guthrie, author of Praying the Hours and Grace's Window: Entering the Seasons of Prayer

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780141907598

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The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works by Anonim Pdf

Contains The Cloud of Unknowing, The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, The Book of Privy Counselling, and An Epistle on Prayer. Against a tradition of devotional writings which focussed on knowing God through Christ's Passion and his humanity, these texts describe a transcendent God who exists beyond human knowledge and human language. These four texts are at the heart of medival mystical theology in their call for contemplation, calm, and above all, love, as the way to understand the Divine.

Author : William Johnston
Publisher : Image
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307809056

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The Cloud of Unknowing by William Johnston Pdf

THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING and THE BOOK OF PRIVY COUNSELING are the first explorations in the English language of the soul’s quest for God. Written in Middle English by an unknown fourteenth-century mystic, THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING expresses with beauty a message that has inspired such great religious thinkers as St. John of the Cross and Teilhard de Chardin, as well as countless others in search of God. Offering a practical guide to the life of contemplation, the author explains that ordinary thoughts and earthly concepts must be buried beneath a “cloud of forgetting,” while our love must rise toward a God hidden in the “cloud of unknowing.” THE BOOK OF PRIVY COUNSELING, also included in this volume, is a short and moving text on the way to enlightenment through a total loss of self and a consciousness only of the divine. William Johnston, an authority on fourteenth-century mysticism and spirituality, provides an accessible discussion of the works, detailing what is known about the history of the texts and their author. In a new foreword, Huston Smith draws on his extensive knowledge of the varieties of religious experience to illuminate the relevance of these works for contemporary readers.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465541079

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The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous Pdf

Author : Richard H. Schmidt
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0802822223

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Glorious Companions by Richard H. Schmidt Pdf

A fascinating snapshot of Anglican spirituality from the 1500s to the present. Inspiring chapters chronicle the lives and introduce the writings of thinkers and spiritual guides who have profoundly shaped the church -- John Donne, the Wesleys, Dorothy Sayers, C. S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle, and many more. Now in paperback.

Author : John Butler
Publisher : Shepheard-Walwyn
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780856833564

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Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment by John Butler Pdf

A personal account of searching for spiritual understanding initially outside Christian teaching, this book takes the position that there are as many ways to God as there are paths up a mountain. Interpreting his own spiritual breakthroughs, the author describes them as "windows of realization" and likens them to the sensation of being made whole. The book describes his journey from Eastern mantra-style meditation to the Orthodox "prayer of the heart" and details how a love of nature and a desire to do good played an important part in his spiritual unfoldment.

Author : Joan M. Nuth
Publisher : Medieval English Mystics
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110945883

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God's Lovers in an Age of Anxiety by Joan M. Nuth Pdf

Examines the extraordinary flowering of English spirituality in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.

Author : Eknath Easwaran
Publisher : Nilgiri Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780915132911

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Original Goodness by Eknath Easwaran Pdf

"Patience, mercy, peacemaking, simplicity, humility. When we cultivate these qualities our life will become immensely rich. Beneath all our layers of ignorance, we can uncover our essential nature: our Original Goodness. According to the ""Perennial Philosophy"" found in all religions, this divine essence can be realized, and is the supreme goal in life. This unbroken awareness of the presence of God in all creatures is the mark of the mystic. For one who grasps these principles with an open heart, life takes fire with purpose."

Author : Thomas H. Cook
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504093903

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The Cloud of Unknowing by Thomas H. Cook Pdf

A “gripping” mystery revolving around a family tragedy, and a woman who may or may not be descending into madness, by the Edgar Award–winning author (Entertainment Weekly). David Sears grew up terrorized by the ravings of his schizophrenic father, a frustrated literary genius who openly preferred David’s sister, Diana, for her superior intelligence. When the old man died, David thought the madness had finally left with him. But the Sears family was not through with its troubles. The drowning of Diana’s mentally ill son was ruled a tragic “misadventure,” but she believes other factors were at play. After hastily divorcing her husband, she sets out to prove his guilt. Her increasingly manic behavior is becoming hard for David to ignore. He finds himself afraid for his own family’s safety—and must choose his words carefully when answering the detective . . . Thomas H. Cook explores the power of blood to define us, bind us, and sometimes destroy us, in a novel of “consuming suspense almost too concentrated to bear” (Daily News, New York). “So spare and precise, it feels as if it has been chiseled in stone with something like a surgical instrument.” —Joyce Carol Oates “What’s at stake isn’t so much the resolution of a mystery as the integrity of a family.” —Time Out New York “[An] unusual, chilling mystery . . . Cook reveals all the pieces of the shocking story with an absolutely steady hand.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Author : Cynthia Bourgeault
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Hope
ISBN : 9781561011933

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Mystical Hope by Cynthia Bourgeault Pdf

In five interwoven meditations, Mystical Hope shows how to recognize hope in our own lives, where it comes from, how to deepen it through prayer, and how to carry it into the world as a source of strength and renewal.

Author : A. W. Tozer
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : EAN:8596547776550

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The Knowledge of the Holy by A. W. Tozer Pdf

True religion confronts earth with heaven and brings eternity to bear upon time. The messenger of Christ, though he speaks from God, must also, as the Quakers used to say, "speak to the condition" of his hearers; otherwise he will speak a language known only to himself. His message must be not only timeless but timely. He must speak to his own generation. The message of this book does not grow out of these times but it is appropriate to them. It is called forth by a condition which has existed in the Church for some years and is steadily growing worse. I refer to the loss of the concept of majesty from the popular religious mind. The Church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly unworthy of thinking, worshipping men. This she has done not deliberately, but little by little and without her knowledge; and her very unawareness only makes her situation all the more tragic.

Author : Bob Burns,Tasha D. Chapman,Donald C. Guthrie
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830864614

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Resilient Ministry by Bob Burns,Tasha D. Chapman,Donald C. Guthrie Pdf

What does it take to have fruitful ministry over the long haul? The stresses of pastoring are well known and can be a match for even the best-prepared, most experienced in ministry--multiple tasks, long hours, taxing responsibilities and, yes, some challenging personalities. Too often the results can be burnout, being run out or just feeling worn out. To find out how pastors can thrive as well as survive, the authors undertook a five-year in-depth research project among working pastors. Here in this ground-breaking book is the distilled wisdom of dozens of pastors who have been on the front lines of ministry. We hear from them what works, what doesn't and what distinctive issues people in ministry face. The authors uncover five key themes that promote healthy, sustainable ministry that lasts--spiritual formation, self-care, emotional and cultural intelligence, marriage and family, leadership and management. These themes are unpacked from the vantage point of ministry on the ground. Questions for personal evaluation and reflection are included throughout the book to bring home the significance of each section. This is the perfect companion for a peer cohort of pastors to read together. It can also be of value to church boards and others who want to better understand how to help sustain their pastors in ministry. In short, this is a book pastors can't live without.

Author : David L. Carter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1949643816

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The Rat Reverend Clancy and the Seven Sacraments by David L. Carter Pdf

Baptizing buzzards! Preaching to pigeons! Clancy is a rat on a mission from God...to bring the Gospel to the various non-human animals that roam the churchyard of St. Aloysius. But as his congregation grows, so does the capacity for conflict. When tempers inevitably flare and the worm turns, will the Reverend Rat be able to shepherd his flock into the Peaceable Kingdom? "Carter weaves a delightful, refreshing, and, at times, surprising tale of a rat, Clancy, who is called to preach and to found a truly diverse church of creatures, great and small. Their personal and community dynamics mirror those of human churches though with enough distance and difference to provoke insightful and creative alternatives." -Rev. Dr. William Kondrath, author of God's Tapestry: Understanding and Celebrating Differences and Facing Feelings in Faith Communities "David Carter...(creates) the character of Clancy, a church-dwelling rodent who is inspired to preach the gospel by covertly listening to Sunday services... What makes this work is that Clancy himself is new to his faith, which means he has to sort out its various ethical and practical dilemmas before he can convert others. In the process, Carter spins an endearing and whimsical story that is...a book that any worm, vulture or human might enjoy." -Darrell Laurant, author of The Kudzu Kid and Inspiration Street

Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999-11-29
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781429944007

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Mystics and Zen Masters by Thomas Merton Pdf

Thomas Merton was recognized as one of those rare Western minds that are entirely at home with the Zen experience. In this collection, he discusses diverse religious concepts-early monasticism, Russian Orthodox spirituality, the Shakers, and Zen Buddhism-with characteristic Western directness. Merton not only studied these religions from the outside but grasped them by empathy and living participation from within. "All these studies," wrote Merton, "are united by one central concern: to understand various ways in which men of different traditions have conceived the meaning and method of the 'way' which leads to the highest levels of religious or of metaphysical awareness."

Author : Cynthia Bourgeault
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506484501

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The Corner of Fourth and Nondual by Cynthia Bourgeault Pdf

In The Corner of Fourth and Nondual, a title inspired by Thomas Merton's moment of revelation 'at the corner of Fourth and Walnut' in his celebrated essay 'A Member of the Human Race', Cynthia Bourgeault--internationally renowned retreat leader, and a practitioner and teacher of centering prayer--describes the foundations of her theology: a cosmological seeing with the eye of the heart, and classic Benedictine daily rule informed and enlightened by wisdom from the Asian traditions. She explains the influence of the author of The Cloud of Unknowing, Teilhard de Chardin, Boehme, Barnhart, Keating, and Gurdjieff, among others in a philosophy built on the cornerstones of the Incarnation and the Paschal Mystery, tied by the Trinity as a cosmogonic principle, the fundamental generative mechanism through which all things came into being. In the My Theology series, the world's leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs in concise, pocket-sized books. There are sixteen titles total.