Books

Fun Stuff: 

Embracing the Unexplained
http://chronicle.com/article/Embrace-the-Unexplained/145557/



Embracing the Unexplained, Part 2
 http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2014/04/08/embracing-the-unexplained-part-2/

 =A Rationalist’s Mystical Moment=  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/opinion/sunday/a-rationalists-mystical-moment.html?_r=0 

Google Books @http://books.google.com/books and Christian Classic Etherical Library (CCEL) have hundreds of books online for free. I have posted a number of classics below, other of the older copyright free texts are available on Google and CCEL. If you have a title or want to browse, I recommend either.

A good search of the Christian Classics Etherical Library will bring a number of related books to you.

@http://www.ccel.org/

"Centering Prayer" by Basil Pennington: []  Who Do You Say I Am?: Meditations on Jesus' Questions in the Gospel <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Centered Living: The Way of Centering Prayer]

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Pennington's Book list at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=basil+pennington&x=0&y=0

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Thomas Keating has written numerous critical texts on contemplative prayer and the Centering Prayer. Father Keating is responsible for the expansion of the contemplative movement worldwide and the Contemplative Outreach organization; an invalable source of information, networking and retreat information: @http://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/site/PageServer.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Father Keating's Book page at Amazon: @http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Keating/e/B000APPB8Q/ref=sr_tc_2_0

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Divine Intimacy and Addiction: AA and Centering Prayer, Thomas Keating <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">In this major new work, Father Thomas Keating reflects on the wisdom and legacy of the Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve-Step Method and its connections to, and similarities with, the Christian mystical traditions of Centering Prayer and lectio divina. In conversation with a long time attendee of AA meetings, Father Thomas talks insightfully about surrendering to one's Higher Power and the journey that must be undertaken for the healing of the soul to begin. []

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Invitation to Love The Way of Christian Contemplation. New York: Continuum, 1995. 151 pages. Complete book here: @http://dendurent.com/Invite/invite.htm


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Jose Pagola: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">A most excellent text on the Historical Jesus:

Jesus, an Historical Approximation

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Rabbi Lawrence Kuschner <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">KABBALAH: A LOVE STORY

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Kabbalah: The Way of Light (Pocket Gold] <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions] <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|The Way Into: Jewish Mystical Tradition (The Way Into] <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|The River of Light: Spirituality, Judaism, Consciousness (Jewish Lights Classic] <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Kuschner's Publication List: http://www.rabbikushner.org/publications.htm

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Thomas Merton: <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Thoughts in Solitud <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Woods, Shore, Desert: A Notebook, May 196 <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

New Seeds of Contemplation The Seven Story Mountain Thoughts in Solitude No Man is an Island
 * Whole Google Books: Just Click**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Flannery O'Connor: Spiritual Writing <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Novels <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Short Story Collections <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Belles Lettres
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Wise Blood], 1952
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|The Violent Bear It Away], 1960
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|A Good Man is Hard to Find], 1955
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Everything That Rises Must Converge], 1965
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|The Complete Stories], 1971
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose, 1969
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor, 1979
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Presence of Grace: and Other Book Reviews, 1983
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works, 1988

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Philokalia: The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by the Holy Fathers of the Orthodox Christian tradition. St. Nikodimos of Athos and St. Makarios of Corinth compiled and published it in 1782. This treasury of spiritual wisdom spreads over five volumes (1,207 folio pages) only four of which are yet available in English, and those not always easy to locate. Only the Holy Bible itself is a more important text to Orthodoxy. @http://orthodoxwiki.org/Philokalia @http://www.philokalia.org/

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">From Christian Classic Etherical Library (CCEL)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">St. AugustineThe Confessions of St. Augustine -- The most popular work of the man who more than any other shaped western civilization. The first 10 chapters constitute a spiritual autobiography and some spiritual and philosophical reflections; the last three chapters are a reflection on the creation story of Genesis 1. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">G. K. Chesterton[|Orthodoxy] -- Chesterton's writing reminds me of C.S. Lewis, but a little more colorful, a little more quirky. This book is an apology for the Christian world-view. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">George Fox[|Autobiography of George Fox] -- This is a fascinating journal of the exploits of the founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers). It is also very illuminating about the political and religious state of seventeenth century England -- for example, Fox lives through the commonwealth period, meets Cromwell, and prophesies his downfall after he treats Quakers badly. [|Audio available]

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">St. Ignatius of Loyola[|The Spiritual Exercises] Spiritual exercises arranged into 4 weeks, by the founder of the Jesuits. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">St. John of the [| of Mount Carmel][|Dark Night of the Soul] -- The writings of St. John of the Cross are unsurpassed for mystical theology. The "dark night" is a must-read for anyone seriously concerned about growing spiritually. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Thomas à Kempis[|The Imitation of Christ] -- This book is said to have been published in more editions than any other, apart from the Bible, with 6000 appearing by the turn of this century. This little devotional book is simply written but immensely moving. Highly recommended. [|Audio availabl] <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The Seed: A Universal Cell. Harmony Books** @https://www.etsy.com/listing/159082258/rare-1973-first-edition-seed-a-universal?ref=shop_home_active_16