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Title: The Holy Longing: The Hidden Power of Spiritual Yearning by Connie Zweig ISBN: 1585422045 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 10 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: a much-needed book
Comment: Religious yearning is the mother of all desires. Underlying all of our drives and aspirations is the urge to transcend the boundaries of individual identity and unite with the sacred. Connie Zweig does a magnificent job of describing and explaining this primal urge in all its myriad forms. Some authors have treated spiritual longing with disrespect, writing it off as some displaced psychological need. Others have treated it with such reverence that they ignore the potential dangers to which the holy longing can lead. Zweig's psychospiritual approach balances the light and the dark, standing as both a beacon for seekers to follow and a warning system to help them avoid the hazards. Its graceful writing, and its mature, sensible, and grounded approach makes it a welcome addition to the spiritual repertoire.
Rating: 5
Summary: Longing for This Book
Comment: Dr. Connie Zweig's, The Holy Longing is beautifully written. It is eloquent and deep. It courageously weaves the author's depth of personal experience and clinical expertise with a comprehensive knowledge of the world's religions. And although the book deals with the deepest currents of the human psyche it is fully accessible and engaging. As a psychologist I find that at the core of my client's presenting problems there is often a profound Holy Longing that was misinterpreted as simply a psychological problem. In every mystical tradition saints and poets speak eloquently of the soul's search for the divine. Many of us experience the burning of this holy longing in our search for romantic love, a precious object, a child, the ideal home, a perfect teacher, or a community of like-minded seekers.
"It is because of this longing that we build Sistine Chapels, sculpt the David and compose the Messiah," the author writes, but "the longing for the light typically evokes its opposite: a shattering encounter with spiritual darkness."
Dr. Zweig asks, "What is the proper stance toward our holy longing?" She offers informed and compassionate insights into the universal yearning of the soul to transcend our skin-encapsulated individuality.
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Title: Passionate Presence: Experiencing the Seven Qualities of Awakened Awareness by Catherine Ingram ISBN: 1592400027 Publisher: Gotham Books Pub. Date: 27 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Holy Longing: The Search for A Christian Spirituality by Ronald Rolheiser ISBN: 0385494181 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 20 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life by Connie Zweig, Steve Wolf ISBN: 0345417402 Publisher: Ballantine Wellspring Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Shattered Lantern: Rediscovering a Felt Presence of God by Ronald, O.M.I Rolheiser ISBN: 0824518845 Publisher: Crossroad/Herder & Herder Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Sacred Selfishness: A Guide to Living a Life of Substance by Bud Harris ISBN: 1930722125 Publisher: Inner Ocean Publishing Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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