Unbolting the dark, a memoir : on turning inward in search of God / Lynne Spellman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spellman, Lynne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual life--Personal narratives.

Spiritual life.

Middle-aged persons--Religious life--Personal narratives.

Middle-aged persons.

Spellman, Lynne, 1948---Biography.

Spellman, Lynne.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (109 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Hamilton Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unbolting the Dark, A Memoir traces the author's psychological and spiritual journey at midlife to understand the profound impact of her mother's death. This inward search becomes an actual journey that includes nine months in England at the University of Cambridge, six months at a monastery in Switzerland, and a year and a half in seminary in New York City as she prepares for ordination as an Episcopal priest. This reflective and inspiring book draws on the author's extensive knowledge of philosophy in classical and late antiquity to explore the pagan and Christian Platonist tradition of turn

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-7618-8734-2

1-283-21379-6

9786613213792

0-7618-5585-8

OCLC:

754718009