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Mariette in Ecstasy

by Ron Hansen

The highly acclaimed and provocatively rendered story of a young postulant's claim to divine possession and religious ecstasy.

Revelations of Divine Love (Dover Value Editions)

Revelations of Divine Love (Dover Value Editions)

Coming from a society where women were barred from serious writing and teaching, Julian, an anchorite of the great medieval city of Norwich, nevertheless uses her womanliness and the English vernacular of the day to describe a series of revelations which she received from God in the year 1373. She identifies the female nature of Christ's suffering and the motherhood of God, using images from domestic daily life,... (more)

Hadewijch: The Complete Works (Classics of Western Spirituality)

Hadewijch: The Complete Works (Classics of Western Spirituality)

by Hadewijch

Belonging to the early thirteenth century, Hadewijch brings us a spiritual message of extraordinary power. She was endowed in no less degree than St. Teresa of Avila with the gifts of visionary mysticism and literary genius. She felt herself strongly a woman, as can be seen from her choosing to join the women's movement of her day, that of the Beguines, who dedicated themselves to a life of true spirituality... (more)

Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West

Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West

by Daniel James Ladinsky

In this transcendent collection, Daniel Ladinsky-best known for his gifted and best-selling translations of the great Sufi poet Hafiz-brings together the timeless work of twelve of the world's finest spiritual writers, six from the East and six from the West. Once again Ladinsky reveals his talent for creating inspiring, profound, and playful versions of classic poems for a modern audience. Rumi's joyous, ecstatic... (more)

THE LIFE OF SAINT ROSE OF LIMA.D.D., ed. Rev. F.W. Faber

THE LIFE OF SAINT ROSE OF LIMA.

by D.D., ed. Rev. F.W. Faber

Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil

Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil

by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

With the publication of "The Overcoat" in 1842, Nicolai Gogol (1809–1852) inaugurated a new chapter in Russian literature, in which the underdog and social misfit is treated not as a figure of fun or an object of charity, but as a human being with as much right to happiness as anybody else. The compassion, simplicity, and gentle humor with which he treats the poignant quest of a hapless civil servant for the... (more)

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