Ways of the Desert analyzes how spiritual experiences are similar to and differ from psychological ones. You will explore how the so-called "negative" desert experiences like depression, anxiety, lonliness, guilt and anger can be opportunities for spiritual growth. This book explains that opposites are necessary and related parts of healthy and holy development, and that especially in a spiritual life, the positive and negative are related. This book takes you on a journey through the deserts and promised lands of adolescence, young, established, mid-life, and middle-aged adulthood, and the...