Radical Passion: Sacred Love and Wisdom in ActionThis culmination of award-winning author Andrew Harvey’s life’s work bridges the great divide between spiritual resignation and engaged spiritual activism. A manifesto for the transformation of the world through the fusion of deep mystical peace with the clarity of radical wisdom, it is a wake-up call to put love and compassion to urgent, focused action. According to Harvey, we are in a massive global crisis reflected by a mass media addicted to violence and trivialization at a moment when what the world actually needs is profound inspiration, a return to the heart-centered way of the Divine Feminine, the words of the mystics throughout the ages, and the cultivation of the nonviolent philosophies of Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the Dalai Lama. Harvey’s concepts of radical passion and sacred activism fly in the face of restraint, of pessimism, of denial, of all that is inhumane, fusing the mystic’s passion for God with the activist’s passion for justice and for healing the division between heaven and earth, heart and will, body and soul, prayer and action. Sacred activism asks that we engage deeply on a personal, spiritual, and political level so as to become a fully empowered, fully active, and contemplative humanity that can turn tragedy into grace, and desolation into the opportunity to build and co-create a new world. Unlike many spiritual books, Radical Passion does not veil the dark with artificial hope. It explores the catastrophes of our current times and celebrates the ecstatic hope and divinity that is possible—right now and in the future. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Conclusion to The Return of the Mother 1993 | 34 |
Foreword to Spiritual Writings on Mary | 45 |
On the Black Madonna Interview with | 53 |
Mary as the Black Madonna from The Son of Man | 73 |
Introduction to The Teachings of Rumi | 85 |
Preface to Stèles by Victor Segalen translated | 94 |
Interview with Daniel Joseph Polikoff about In | 104 |
The Compelling Power of Teresa of Avila Interview | 326 |
Articles from the Huffington Post by Andrew Harvey | 342 |
Andrews Story from Heart Yoga | 348 |
The Sacred Activism of Heart Yoga Interview with | 356 |
Chapter Five | 371 |
Interview from Return | 389 |
Life With | 402 |
Introduction | 413 |
Foreword to The Seasons of the Soul The Poetic | 135 |
The Collected Poems | 170 |
Introduction | 181 |
Introduction to Teachings of the Hindu Mystics | 189 |
Introduction to Perfume of the Desert | 205 |
Foreword to The Way of a Pilgrim translated | 212 |
Introduction to Teachings of the Christian Mystics | 220 |
Jesus as Guide | 229 |
Foreword to Zohar translated and annotated | 240 |
Introduction to Essential Teachings by His Holiness | 249 |
Afterword to A Journey in Ladakh2000 Edition | 260 |
Foreword to The Book of Mirdad by Mikhail Naimy | 277 |
Introduction | 295 |
The Unfolding of a Prophet Interview with | 301 |
Interview with Janet Thomas | 420 |
A Memoir of the Dark Night | 426 |
Chapter Seven | 481 |
Sacred Activism Interview with Simran Singh | 495 |
Foreword to New Self New World by Philip Shepherd | 501 |
Follow Your Heartbreak into the Eye of the Storm | 512 |
World Crisis Accountability and Change | 530 |
From Human to Divine the Path | 537 |
The Hope Interview with Sharon Hall | 548 |
Bibliography | 557 |
Permissions | 563 |
About the Author | 569 |
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