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Practitioners of Centering Prayer are known for the great enthusiasm they bring to the practice of this ancient discipline. Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening is a complete guidebook for all who wish […]
The pointed and shaking finger of our adamant inner schoolteachers often accompanies calls to engage and stick with ancient (read: tried and proven) spiritual practices. Not so with Bourgeault’s impassioned […]
Those of a more scientific temperament may gravitate toward this book that includes nineteen essays concerned with the relationship of science and religion.
From J.G. Bennett’s Sunday Talks at Coombe Springs: Today I want to speak about the idea of resurrection of the body dying and being raised from the dead. It is a wonderful idea, but it seems to belong to another world than ours. It is possible to take it literally, and possible to take it some other way, but it is not usually taken as something concerning ourselves immediately- as a significant factor in our everyday lives.
Cynthia writes an extended introduction to G.I.Gurdjieff in this new book by Roger Lipsey. The Greek-Armenian teacher G.I. Gurdjieff was one of the most original and provocative spiritual teachers in […]
This is the source book that Cynthia used for her Mystical Courage exercises. Many of Cynthia’s wisdom school students are working regularly with Gurdjieff’s fourth way contemplative exercises described by Joseph Azize.
In 2010, Cynthia Bourgeault, with assistance from Ward Bauman and Darlene Franz, composed a series of liturgies for use during the Holy Week retreat at the Episcopal House of Prayers […]
Cynthia is one of about a dozen spiritual teachers contributing a memoir to this volume, including as well Deepak Chopra, Richard Rohr, and Ilia Delio. Cynthia’s chapter is “Making God […]
Essentially a powerfully moving love story of two aging individuals, Love Is Stronger Than Death: The Mystical Union Of Two Souls is a powerful love story of two aging individuals, Cynthia Bourgeault […]
Love is the Answer. What is the Question? is a collection of writings birthed in the immediacy of the moment. Cynthia Bourgeault engages in direct call and response with the reader, […]
When the global pandemic struck in the spring of 2020, spiritual teacher Cynthia Bourgeault sensed an invitation to go deeper than a continuous round of Zoom calls. She turned to […]
At a time when people are yearning for good news, Cynthia Bourgeault’s new book invites us to find our way to the hope that does not disappoint or fail. In […]
King’s well-chosen selections and helpful introductory commentary provides a biographical and intellectual background for appreciating Teilhard’s thinking.
These are the commentaries that Cynthia and Rave worked with over many months at the monastery. They are essential and practical commentaries on fourth way inner work.
My recommendation is that you begin with Ursula King’s Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Teilhard de Chardin. King is probably the foremost Teilhard scholar of our times, and her […]
Kathleen Duffy’s Teilhard’s Mysticism is also an insightful introductory guide, introducing the major phases and themes of Teilhard’s work in five expanding “circles.”
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 […]
A companion to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s The Phenomenom of Man, this book expands on the spiritual message so basic to his thought. He shows how man’s spiritual life can […]
Cynthia Bourgeault has described the Gospel of Thomas as a “long-missing puzzle piece whose importance to revealing the full picture of our own spiritual times is becoming more and more obvious …”
Learn the traditional and yet innovative Christian meditation practice that can help us break the pattern of compulsive thinking. Centering Prayer is the path to a wonderful and radical new […]
Teilhard’s magnificent spiritual autobiography, written near the end of his life, which offers a moving recapitulation of his lifelong themes as well as a reflection on his earlier work
Just as she’s done in her previous books, Cynthia Bourgeault asks us to take a look at an idea from traditional Christianity—this time the formula of Father, Son, and Holy […]
This new translation is worth a fresh read. Appleton-Weber’s introduction to the work opens to readers, including Teilhard scholars, the meaning and relevance not only of his vision but also […]
Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols in the history of Christianity—yet, if you look in the Bible, you’ll find only a handful of verses that speak of […]
What precisely happens at the time of death is a question that theologians have struggled over for centuries but have never answered satisfactorily. The response to this question that Ladislaus […]
Rediscover Jesus with a “beginner’s mind,” understanding his life and teaching with the heart. If you put aside what you think you know about Jesus and approach the Gospels as […]
“Drawing on resources as diverse as Sufism, Benedictine Monasticism, the Gurdjieff Work, and the string theory of modern physics, Cynthia Bourgeault has crafted her own unique vision of the Wisdom […]
Benjamin’s Top Ten All and Everything Trilogy by G. I. Gurdjieff The Wisdom Way of Knowing by Cynthia Bourgeault The Meaning of Mary Magdalene by Cynthia Bourgeault The Gospel of […]
Bob’s Top Ten All of Cynthia’s, though I only mention one here. These are the ones that I keep coming back to. I work daily with Nicoll, Azize, de Salzmann, […]
There are rich currents flowing through the Wisdom stream, so it’s hard to offer a “one size fits all” reading list. Some people will be more drawn to the esoteric […]
Elizabeth’s Top Ten Wisdom Way of Knowing by Cynthia Bourgeault Wisdom Jesus by Cynthia Bourgeault The Meaning of Mary Magdalene by Cynthia Bourgeault And There was Light by Jacques Lusseyran, […]
Heather’s Top Ten Psychological Commentaries on the Teachings of Gurdjieff & Ouspensky by Maurice Nicoll Silence by Robert Sardello Heartfulness by Robert Sardello Living Presence by Kabir Helminski The Heart […]
Jeanine’s Top Ten Silence: A User’s Guide by Maggie Ross Into the Silent Land by Martin Laird New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton The Intelligent Enneagram by A.G.E. Blake […]
Marcella’s Top Ten A Wisdom Way of Knowing by Cynthia Bourgeault Wisdom Jesus by Cynthia Bourgeault Holy Trinity and the Law of Three by Cynthia Bourgeault Psychological Commentaries on the […]
Mary Ellen’s Top Ten Wisdom Way of Knowing by Cynthia Bourgeault Mystical Hope by Cynthia Bourgeault Wisdom Jesus by Cynthia Bourgeault Fields of Compassion by Judy Cannato The New Man […]
Nan’s Top Ten The Wisdom Way of Knowing by Cynthia Bourgeault Eye of the Heart by Cynthia Bourgeault The Meaning of Mary Magdalene by Cynthia Bourgeault The Psychological Commentaries on […]
