Cynthia Bourgeault

Both a personal account of the incandescent love -- in this life and afterward -- of two hermits (a monk and a woman priest) and a guidebook for those called to this path of soulwork. This is the story of a woman Episcopal priest and teacher of centering prayer who feels the call to be a hermit and goes to live in a cabin near the abbey of Snowmass, Co. There she meets Brother Rafael Robin, an elderly hermit who lives up the mountain and mends Snowmobiles....

In The Corner of Fourth and Nondual, a title inspired by Thomas Merton's moment of revelation 'at the corner of Fourth and Walnut' in his celebrated essay 'A Member of the Human Race', Cynthia Bourgeault-internationally renowned retreat leader, and a practitioner and teacher of centering prayer-describes the foundations of her theology: a cosmological seeing with the eye of the heart, and classic Benedictine daily rule informed and enlightened by...

A book to help Christian readers awaken their hearts to a deepened spiritual perception of the world by reclaiming the practices of our Wisdom tradition. The author introduces the idea of a three-centered knowing: a way of looking at the world with the heart (this mystical, spiritual vision) in conjunction with the mind (rational) and body (physical). The goal is to see beyond the physical and rational aspects of our selfhood and to the inner quality...

"Centering Prayer is the path to a wonderful and radical new way of seeing the world. It is not, as is sometimes thought, simply an act of devotional piety, nor is it simply a Christianized form of other meditation methods. Cynthia Bourgeault here cuts through the misconceptions to show that Centering Prayer is in fact a pioneering development within the Christian contemplative tradition. She provides a practical, complete course in the practice and...

Just as we need a mirror to see our own face, there are aspects of our true self that we can only come to know when they are reflected to us by another. Now you can experience two exceptional spiritual teachers as they engage in a dialogue about the power of sacred relationship as a vehicle for discovery and transformation with Conscious Love: The Power of Revelation. A.H. Almaas, creator of The Diamond Approach, and Cynthia Bourgeault, an Episcopalian...