Love Is Stronger Than Death: The Mystical Union of Two SoulsThis text, written by an Episcopal priest, tells of her intense relationship with Brother Raphael Robin, a 70 year old Trappist monk and hermit. Enriched by Bourgeault's knowledge of the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff and of Christian mysticism, their story aims to add a new dimension to our understanding of human love and the possiblity of survival beyond the grave. |
Contents
| xi | |
| xiii | |
Introduction | xxvii |
The Road Not Taken | 28 |
HOW WE WORKED TOGETHER | 47 |
The South Lesson | 63 |
Wrestling with an Angel | 76 |
The Body of Hope | 87 |
The Vow | 153 |
Love and Death | 163 |
Working in the Wonders | 167 |
The Mystery of Christ | 176 |
A Wedding Sermon | 187 |
NOTES | 191 |
The Books We Used | 193 |
Further Reflections on the Body of Christ | 198 |
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Love is Stronger than Death: The Mystical Union of Two Souls Cynthia Bourgeault Limited preview - 2014 |
Love is Stronger than Death: The Mystical Union of Two Souls Cynthia Bourgeault Limited preview - 2014 |
Love is Stronger Than Death: The Mystical Union of Two Souls Cynthia Bourgeault No preview available - 1999 |
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Page v - Old men ought to be explorers Here and there does not matter We must be still and still moving Into another intensity For a further union, a deeper communion Through the dark cold and the empty desolation, The wave cry, the wind cry, the vast waters Of the petrel and the porpoise. In my end is my beginning.