The Ecstatic Journey: Walking the Mystical Path in Everyday Life - Softcover

Burnham, Sophy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345424794 ISBN 13: 9780345424792

Publisher: Wellspring/Ballantine, 1999

Synopsis

In this rich and deeply personal book, Sophy Burnham uses her own momentous journey into mystical awareness to show readers a contemporary path for experiencing divine energy, guidance, and inspiration. Historically, mystical experiences have been available to only a select few. But just as Sophy Burnham made angels accessible to contemporary readers, she now demystifies mysticism and shows the many different paths readers can follow in their everyday lives for powerful spiritual encounters.

Threaded through her own story, Burnham gives us scores of firsthand accounts of mystical encounters as recorded by ordinary people today, as well as by saints, seers, ecstatics, and holy men and women of every faith. Burnham insightfully and comfortingly shows how their journeys--and ours--are similar, sharing a subtle, unnamed longing; passing through various stages of prayer, introspection, and spiritual awareness; and opening into a single transformative moment of clarity and connection. In addition, Burnham delves into the physical side of mystical awareness, describes the age-old practices that invite mystical awareness, and points out the landmarks that one passes on this extraordinary spiritual journey.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Sophy Burnham has written an inspiring book about the most majestic dimension of human experience: the mystical realm. Mystics, it is said, swim in the sea in which the unwise drown. Learn to swim: Read this book."
--LARRY DOSSEY, M.D.
Author of Prayer Is Good Medicine and Healing Words

"Passionate, comprehensive, and beautifully written, The Ecstatic Journey is a feast of fact and myth, knowledge and wisdom that will nourish and enlighten every spiritual voyager."
--Women's Magazine

"Sophy Burnham has written another very rich contribution to our coming into contact with the human spirit. I greatly respect and admire her work."
--CAROLINE MYSS, Ph.D.
Author of the New York Times bestseller
Anatomy of the Spirit

About the Author:

Sophy Burnham, mother of two grown daughters, grew up in Maryland. The award-winning author of ten books, including two New York Times bestsellers, The Art Crowd and A Book of Angels, she is best known for her speaking and writing on angels and the spiritual dimension. She has written prize-winning works for both children and adults--novels, plays, films, articles, essays, and investigative journalism. Her work has been translated into twenty languages.
From the Hardcover edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wellspring/Ballantine
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0345424794
• ISBN 13: 9780345424792
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336