Where Two Worlds Touch: Spiritual Rites of Passage [Paperback]

Gloria Karpinski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 4, 1990

No matter where you are in your own spiritual work, this book can show you how to harness the power of an experience we all share and often fear: change. Discover how you can learn to consciously use change as a spiritual rite of passage. Illustrated with wonderful allegorical tales from all the major spiritual traditions, compelling life stories and transformative exercises, WHERE TWO WORLDS TOUCH shows you that even the mundane details of everyday life offer rich fuel for personal evolution.

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No matter where you are in your own spiritual work, this book can show you how to harness the power of an experience we all share and often fear: change. Discover how you can learn to consciously use change as a spiritual rite of passage. Illustrated with wonderful allegorical tales from all the major spiritual traditions, compelling life stories and transformative exercises, WHERE TWO WORLDS TOUCH shows you that even the mundane details of everyday life offer rich fuel for personal evolution.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1 edition (August 4, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345353315
• ISBN-13: 978-0345353313
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,035,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where Two Worlds Touch, March 25, 2000

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Mickie Prescott (Marietta, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Where Two Worlds Touch: Spiritual Rites of Passage (Paperback)

I have read this book a thousand time. The pages are getting dog-eared and the margins are full of notes. I was really hoping that Glorida Karpinski had written another soul revealing book.But it would be hard to top this fabulously insightfull exploration of the human experience.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aligning with God, regardless of our chosen path, October 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Where Two Worlds Touch: Spiritual Rites of Passage (Paperback)

Gloria Karpinski's "Where Two Worlds Touch" is the type of book that can lay in a corner, unnoticed, until the moment it is relavent, and then becomes a-smack-in-the-head revelation. The premise of the book is that, in order to really find the spiritual "truth" as an individual or regarding a specific aspect of our lives, we go through seven steps before we can fully integrate the concept into our being. The two worlds in the title refer to the material and the spiritual. In my opinion, the power of Karpinski's work is her ability to state without preaching and use examples from a variety of religious and scientific reference. Although based strongly on metaphysical theory, it is written in a manner that is "user friendly" to most mainstream Americans who follow a traditional religious path. The basis of love, goodness and the individual's own responsibility for taking positive steps is at once reassuring and very practical. This book may not be for everyone or at all points in our lives, but when it IS right, it will be an incredibly powerful tool.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you were to choose only one book to read....., November 1, 1999

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Carol Holt ([e-mail]) (Charlotte, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Where Two Worlds Touch: Spiritual Rites of Passage (Paperback)

I first read this book 5 years ago and it made so much sense of my then senseless world! I just re-read it this past week and was amazed to see how much of the wisdom in this book I had incorporated into my life, the positive affects it has had on me, and that there was more to learn that I did not get the first time around! You will want to read it again and again. This is a MUST HAVE book for anyone who wants to understand the turmoil in their life and how spiritual growth happens. I would also recommend it to those in healing practices and counsiling. A great gift!!! Yes... I want to see this book available again!