Journeys With Soul
Adventures and Cures That Came True
Herlihy, John.
San Rafael, CA: Sophia Perennis, 2008.
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
ISBN: 978-1-59731-090-1
Price: $18.50
Table of Contents:
Preface: The Great Stone Face—In the Shadow of Mount Athos—Under the Roof of Heaven: Journey through the Silent Places of Ladakh—Inside Pathan Country—Traditions of a Traditional Barbershop—The Gift of No Return—Raindrops on Kampung Roofs—The Miracle of Ayurveda: Ancient Treatments for Modern Afflictions—The Far Road to Kerala: Living the Legendary Cure of Ayurveda—At the Tomb of the Prophet—Ramadan Evenings in Makkah
Description:
The journeys described in this volume cut across a number of diverse counties and represent very different experiences. They have one thing in common, however, that binds them together in the spirit of which they were written, namely SOUL. Whether visiting the mountainous regions of the Karakorum in Northern Pakistan, or making the ritual circumambulation in the Grand Mosque at Makka, the author of these tales became a pilgrim soul in search of experiences in distant lands that have the power to touch the pilgrim soul within us all.
Much more than just an engaging book of travel essays and adventures among interesting peoples in exotic lands this book offers a rare glimpse into how outer journeys can become passages to the soul. The author's own spiritual sensibility allows the reader to experience something of the inner meaning of witnessing the Face of God in all things.
Ali Lakhani, editor of Sacred Web
In this wonderful spiritual travel book, John Herlily, like Marco Pallis before him, brings the reader all the way to his senses, at the very moment the objects of those senses have become transparent to the Uncreated Light, the 'Light of the heavens and the earth'. He restores the true meaning of pilgrimage, and with it the meaning the human body, the created world—and the Immanence of God: That one might be able to walk straight into Paradise—temporarily at least—on one's own two feet.
Charles Upton
About the Author:
John Herlihy works at the Petroleum Institute, an engineering university in the United Arab Emirates. In addition to his teaching activities, he has written a number of books, including Borderlands of the Spirit and Wisdom"s Journey, published by World Wisdom Books, which deal with the challenge of living a life of spirituality in an anti-spiritual world.