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Sophia's Web : Understanding the Unity and Diversity of Religion, Science, and Ourselves

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In my search for my own spiritual philosophy, one that I can live with successfully and comfortably, I have read avidly many different authors over the years.Then there comes a book that leaves you with a very big, "Aha, this is a piece of my puzzle!" That is how this wonderful book effected me.It is a very important piece of that puzzle. I would enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone with an open and inquiring mind.It challenges our belief system in a dramatic way.It will offer any reader with similiar inquiries regarding our world a host of thought provoking and stimulating possibilities, and many questions that will long to be answered.Just as it should.I will anxiously be waiting for another work from this author.

In Sophia's Web: Understanding The Unity And Diversity Of Religion, Science And Ourselves, Burl Hall cuts across philosophical, religious, and cultural boundaries to reveal patterns between the various religions of the world and western science. Like the ancient philosophers and mystics, Hall views wisdom as female (known in the cultures of antiquity as Sophia), and shows how contemporary science reinforces the perception of the universe as an integrated whole, with each part affecting and affected by other aspects of the natural world and our essential humanness. Hall persuasively presents evidence drawn from the world's major religious traditions that Sophia (Goddess of Wisdom) guides us and in her persona of Nature, relates to us individual as part of her wholeness. Each chapter is an engaging, informative, challenging, and revelatory essay that will fascinate both the academic community and the non-specialist general reader with an interest in metaphysical studies.

Exceptionally well written and idea packed little book in my opinion. A bargain for those wanting their thoughts provoked by a highly educated original thinker who uses language like a poet. A richly rewarding read and a beautiful little volume that I am most pleased to have on my shelf.