Seeks to explain the dimensions of wisdom and explores ways that a Christian faith often bound by rule, structure and order can open itself up to the unitive vision of its roots and in the process find an integrated spirituality.
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An essential impetus for a movement in our time toward a new and global Christian wisdom. -- Prairie Messenger
Full of wisdom and beauty the way a fruitcake is full of fruits. -- Beatrice Bruteau
The volume is a tribute to the gift of scholarship through the focus of a heart communion with Divine Wisdom. -- M.I.D. E/W Bulletin
This is a tremendous work, sure to broaden and deepen your knowledge and experience of the Christian life. -- Spiritual Book News
Full of wisdom and beauty the way a fruitcake is full of fruits. -- Beatrice Bruteau
The volume is a tribute to the gift of scholarship through the focus of a heart communion with Divine Wisdom. -- M.I.D. E/W Bulletin
This is a tremendous work, sure to broaden and deepen your knowledge and experience of the Christian life. -- Spiritual Book News
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Fr. Bruno combines a lifetime of scholarship with the mind of a scientist (he was a chemist) and the devotion of a man of much prayer. The sense is one of giving honor and glory to our Creator by revealing the deep mysteries of Christianity. Deep only due to our ignorance and inability to synthesize a cohesive vision of Reality and Life caused by disputive forces. Father Bruno uses the form of a quaternary symmetry to illustrate the continuing revelation of God to His children. His style is reminicent of Bede Griffiths but has deep dimensions of devotion and poetry that are unique to this hermit of the California coast. He approaches Thomas R. Kelley in his depth of compassion and transcends all authors (IMHO) as a guide to the pilgrim.
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mandalic figure, unitive reality, unitive wisdom, divine unitive, new koinonia, unitive self, unitive energy, second wisdom, second simplicity, unitive experience, first wisdom, unitive knowledge, primal peoples, third music, baptismal event, second faith, first simplicity, unitive consciousness, contemplative experience, critical rationality Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, Third Order, Western Christianity, Second Order, Christ Jesus, Old Testament, First Order, John's Prologue, Second Vatican Council, Teilhard de Chardin, Ewert Cousins, First Testament, God of Israel, John the Baptist, Middle Ages, Roman Catholicism, Roman Empire, Son of God, Acts of the Apostles, Eastern Christian, People of God, Spirit of God New!
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- Collected Works of C.G. Jung: General Bibliography of C.G. Jung's Writings (Vol 19) by C.G. Jung on 4 pages
- The Method and Message of Mark by Augustine Stock on 4 pages
- The Perennial Philosophy (Perennial Classics) by Aldous Huxley on page 22, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View by Richard Tarnas on page 101, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- ¿Necesitas un Gurú? (Espiritualidad De Hoy) (Spanish Edition) by Mariana Caplan on page 257, and Back Matter
- The Wisdom Way of Knowing: Reclaiming An Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heart by Cynthia Bourgeault in Back Matter
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