Discover the richness of Rumi's spiritual tradition-through facing-page commentary that brings his writings to life for you. "This book you are now holding is a selection of what I believe are the best of Rumi's accounts of the compassionate actions, sayings, and qualities of the Prophet, which include Rumi's own inspired comments and explanations. It is my hope that you will be surprised and uplifted by the profound wisdom that Jalaluddin Rumi conveys through these stories and sayings." -from the Preface This great Sufi poet and teacher can become a companion for your own spiritual journey....
Discover the richness of Rumi's spiritual tradition-through facing-page commentary that brings his writings to life for you. "This book you are now ho...
Fresh translation and facing-page annotations bring the compelling wisdom of the Hebrew prophets to life.
Hundreds of commentaries and dozens of Bible translations make the Hebrew prophets available to modern-day readers, but most often these sources focus on history or apologetics, losing the reader who is searching for spiritual insight.
The Hebrew Prophets: Selections Annotated & Explained makes the wisdom of these timeless teachers available to readers with no previous knowledge of the prophets. With fresh, contemporary commentary, Rami Shapiro reveals the...
Fresh translation and facing-page annotations bring the compelling wisdom of the Hebrew prophets to life.
The previously untold story of Matthew's Gospel-brought to life for today's readers. Matthew's Gospel stands as the first book of the Christian Testament, visible to all the world for almost two thousand years. But there is something hidden in Matthew's Gospel. The document was not written at one time by one person-it is an edited document, bringing together different sources of tradition. The Hidden Gospel of Matthew: Annotated and Explained takes readers deep into the text to find the words and events that have the strongest connection to the historical Jesus. Ron Miller reveals the...
The previously untold story of Matthew's Gospel-brought to life for today's readers. Matthew's Gospel stands as the first book of the Christian Testam...
An inside look at the foundational sacred text of one of the world's youngest and fastest growing religions
The Book of Mormon stands alongside the Bible as the keystone of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church/Mormonism). Translated by the prophet Joseph Smith from ancient writings inscribed on golden plates, the Book of Mormon is an account of people living in the Western Hemisphere in a timeline that parallels that of the Bible. It covers a thousand years of loss, discovery, war, peace and spiritual principles that focus on...
An inside look at the foundational sacred text of one of the world's youngest and fastest growing religions
This ancient Gnostic text can be a companion for your own spiritual quest
The Secret Book of John is the most significant and influential text of the ancient Gnostic religion. Part of the library of books found in Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945, this central myth of Gnosticism tells the story of how God fell from perfect Oneness to imprisonment in the material world, and how by knowing our divine nature and our divine origins--that we are one with God--we reverse God's descent and find our salvation.
The Secret Book of John: The Gnostic Gospel--Annotated & Explained...
This ancient Gnostic text can be a companion for your own spiritual quest
The Secret Book of John is the most significant and influent...
The Eastern Christian "Love of the Beautiful" can be a companion on your own spiritual journey
A collection of writings by monks from the fourth to fifteenth centuries, the Philokalia more than any other text reflects the Eastern Church's interpretation of the Bible's meaning. Simply translated, the title means "love of the beautiful," which reflects the text's emphasis on mystical and contemplative practices to engage all of our senses in the acts of worship and prayer.
This introduction to the wisdom of the Philokalia illuminates a text that until...
The Eastern Christian "Love of the Beautiful" can be a companion on your own spiritual journey
The pure and penetrating message of the Divine Feminine Wisdom can become a companion for your own spiritual journey
The first of God's creations and God's endless delight, Wisdom (also known as Chochma and Sophia) is the Mother of all life, the guide to right living. She is God manifest in the world you encounter moment to moment. Her teachings, embedded in the Holy Scriptures of Jews and Christians, are passionate, powerful calls to live in harmony, love with integrity and act joyously.
Through the Hebrew books of Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes and Job,...
The pure and penetrating message of the Divine Feminine Wisdom can become a companion for your own spiritual journey
This ancient Gnostic text can be a companion for your own spiritual quest.
The Gospel of Philip is one of the most exciting and accessible of the Gnostic texts found at Nag Hammadi in Egypt in 1945. The source of Dan Brown's intriguing speculations about Mary Magdalene in his best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code, the Gospel of Philip draws on ancient imagery--the natural world, the relationships between women, men and family, the ancient distinctions between lord and servants, free people and slaves, and pagans, Jews and Christians--to offer us...
This ancient Gnostic text can be a companion for your own spiritual quest.
The Gospel of Philip is one of the most exciting a...
The wisdom from these stories can become a companion on your own spiritual journey.
Native American Stories of the Sacred are intended for more than entertainment: they are teaching tales containing elegantly simple illustrations of time-honored truths. From tales of Creation to "Why?" stories that help explain the natural world around us, these stories highlight the sacredness of all life and affirm that we are each an integral part of all that is holy.
Drawn from tribes across North America, these are careful retellings of traditional stories such as Son of...
The wisdom from these stories can become a companion on your own spiritual journey.
Four spiritual guides, four classic texts-timeless wisdom for our complicated world introduced by one of today's great teachers of spirituality. Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Ramakrishna: four of the world's most interesting and challenging spiritual masters. The core of their most important teachings-along with annotations from expert scholars and introductions from Andrew Harvey, one of the great spiritual thinkers of our time-now are all in one beautiful volume. A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides contains selections from four classic texts: Bhagavad Gita (Krishna) - Dhammapada (Buddha) -...
Four spiritual guides, four classic texts-timeless wisdom for our complicated world introduced by one of today's great teachers of spirituality....
