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This is a love story like no other. It describes the incandescent relationship between two hermits--a seventy-year-old monk and a fifty-year-old woman Episcopal priest and medieval scholar--who met at a Trappist monastery in Snowmass, Colorado. Both had studied Western esoteric traditions and believed it was possible for two souls to work and grow together "from here to eternity."
Brother Raphael Robin and Cynthia Bourgeault had three tempestuous and intense years together learning what it means to truly love someone, and then Rafe had a heart attack and died. Cynthia was urged to let him rest in peace (as we all are on the death of a loved one) but she trusted the invincible certainty of her heart. Several years later, Cynthia remains fully in touch with Rafe, believing that whatever he may be doing in the beyond affects her, and that what she does here affects him.
Cynthia Bourgeault's writing is robust and clear-eyed, and it shines. Her book is the story of what happened both before and after Rafe's death, as well as a guidebook for others called to the path of conscious love.
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Reverend Cynthia Bourgeault was a 50-year-old priest when she met her soul mate, a hermit named Brother Raphael Robin (Rafe). They had only three years on earth together before Rafe died suddenly of a heart attack. Accounts of these earthly days together are as intense and emotionally wrenching as any love affair could be. And yet their relationship was always graced with a higher goal--creating spiritual love over romantic possession. After Rafe died, Bourgeault was content to let him rest in peace as she began her journey of grief. But weeping outdoors on a snowy night, she felt certain that Rafe's spirit was beside her. "Although I was still crying, the emotional sting started to lose its force, and a new and tingling presence began to work its way up in me, literally starting from the tips of my toes," she recalls. "I knew in that moment I was sustained by an invisible and intensely joyous partner." From then on, Bourgeault continued her love affair with Rafe. Building on this unusual, interactive love-after-death experience, Reverend Bourgeault has assembled some exquisitely reassuring thoughts and anecdotes on eternal love and the impermanence of death. This memoir could be inspirational for grieving lovers or anyone who wants to further explore the mysteries of love, death, spirit, and reincarnation. --Gail Hudson
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A story that mesmerizes into theTranscendence of 2 Worlds!.......2005-01-12
Who could resist reading this book after seeing that awesome subtitle of "The Mystical Union of Two Souls?" Especially when it is told from a perspective of such compelling Theology as this intimacy of love between two persons! From the beginning of the "Preface to the Second Edition" by Cynthia Bourgeault and the Introduction by David Steindl-Rast, OSB, I became aware of her depth of this "Mystical Union of Two Souls!"
Nothing said by friends who recommended and loaned me their book even slightly prepared me for the powerful building blocks of this book! It kept me leaping from one level to another, almost as thrilling as shooting the rapids or going from low altitudes in a Jet Fighter Plane up to 35,000 feet level, without getting the bends! I ran through several examples of descriptions:
Chapter 3 on the "Mystical Completion of Souls": "These building blocks come mostly from the Christian esoteric (inner) tradition-- The Fourth Way of G.I. Gurdjieff--plus Christian hermeticism coming further from Jacob Boehme. The four building blocks are: 1) The union of souls 2) The idea of second body 3) The vow, or promise 4) "The wonders."
Later in the same chapter she describes "the time of bodily life the soul has earnestly pledged itself [to another] but has not forsworn that promise." During the last few weeks of Rafe's life before his death, he began "his crash course in enhancing his second body-- primarily through practice of "true resignation!" Although she describes theirs as a Physical Love story, it is totally without maudlin, syrupy-sweet, love scenes or the usual sexuality.
My understanding was a bit illuminated from reading from both Jacob Boehme and G.I.Gurdjieff. It came again from, "the laying down of one's personal will, in order to be unconditionally present to the will of God. [Not all-together new!]
After three short chapters in "Wrestling with an Angel" she uses a profound quote from a distinguished Psychaitrist, Helen Luke, saying, "Wholeness is born of the acceptance of the conflict of human and divine in the individual psyche." Immediately, she quotes Dylan Thomas: If the principal office of "love in this life is to unbolt the dark," to release its prisoners of shame, it seems that our wedding garments in eternity are spun... Here I glimpsed her hazy picture of that second body as a spiritual body close to the description of St Paul in I Corinthians!
Cynthia stretches us into her own understanding of "The Mystical Union of Two Souls," from her deepening spiritual love for her Hermit Monk, Raphael Robin. Joyfully, Retired Chaplain Fred W Hood
The ability of human & spiritual love to transcend death.......2002-09-07
Essentially a powerfully moving love story of two aging individuals, Love Is Stronger Than Death: The Mystical Union Of Two Souls by resident teacher for the Contemplative Society and spiritual retreat authority Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, is drawn from the life and experiences of Brother Raphael (Rafe) Robin, an Episcopalian priest, author and a Trappist hermit. The ability of human and spiritual love to transcend death and open the way to joyous bliss is superbly presented in this highly recommended and heartwarming tale of building an emotional, personal, and loving relationship for the future that transcends all earthly limitations.
A guide for living, loving, and dying.......2002-01-30
There are few books to compare with this one. The nature of death and the power of love are explored from so many directions that, in the end, we are given a spiritual guide through life and beyond. Ms. Bourgeault shows us that we do not need to be limited by the generally accepted truths of the major spiritual traditions, nor by those of various esoteric teachings. Her personal experience speaks in every word so that, instead of an abstract treatise on inner work, we are shown a road map marked out by someone who has been there. This is the perfect book for anyone who has recently lost a life partner. It is also the perfect book for anyone who has just found a life partner.
A Grain of Salt.......2000-07-18
I happen to have known the author very well for several years. She is audacious in nature, and her spirituallity is mixed with great ambition. A careful look at her personal past, her three marriages, and intense desire for spiritual recognition all suggest care should be taken.
The Evolution of Relationship/Beyond Being Comfortable.......1999-11-23
This love story of eternal beauty guides us in the natural evolution of our loving relationships. We are encouraged to consider the boundless possibilities of 'love' and 'relationship'. With that comes the profound responsibility to recognize how vastly important each individual is in the grand scheme of life. The combination of the scholarly and spiritual delving in this story is such a workout that I would suggest reading the book once for the love story, and again and again for an ever-deepening exploration of our relationship to one another, to the earth, and to whatever lies beyond. Of paramount importance we must learn to listen and open our hearts. Cynthia Bourgeault offers a way to follow this simple yet challenging path.
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The Complete Encyclopedia of the Sas
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STUNING.......1999-09-26
This book is an amazing look at the SAS, This is the most informative book on the SAS i have ever read. If u plan on doing a project or a website about the SAS or anything else related to it this book is a MUST BYE, Most of all order it off of Amazon.com and u will save 10.00. THIS BOOK IS A MUST BYE!! WELL WORTH EVERY PENNY!!!!!!!!
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Sas Encyclopedia of Survival
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No much new.......2001-10-10
Well, this is not a BAD book about survival. But the information is very little, could do with a lot more background info.
The price is way to hight, probably because it is full of full-color photographs, unfortunally not contibuting at all to the understanding of what is being said in the text.
For example the section about medical plants contains only a handfull plants, of which you just have to hope to find them, no information where to find them, and only two photographs, not very clear, which pretty much throws away your chance to realy use them when you need it.
For a good survival manual, buy Wiseman's "SAS survival manual", which contail all the information in this one, and A LOT MORE, including USEFULL drawings. Even if learning to survive from a book is impossible, it may give you an edge. But don't waste your money on this one.
One of the best survival manuals available!.......2000-05-26
The SAS Encyclopedia of Survival is one of the best in its' class! I fully recommend it to anyone seriously interested in valid survival techniques. I spent several years living in the Andes and remote jungle areas of South America and I believe that I can recognize a decent survival manual when I see one. Many survival books being sold are worthless in the field, as their content depends on items that need to be packed in. Barry Davies's book is not one of those. The book covers the topics most often discussed in other books such as shelter, fire and food, but the outstanding thing about the book is that it also has specific chapters on survival in Arctic, desert, and jungle areas. The pictures found throughout the book are great although some like the ones showing snares could be supported with illustrations as the photos are too vague to show any details. An interesting chapter in evading capture is the frosting on the cake for the book. This book is easy to read, not being dry like so many military manuals. The advice is sound and practical, and can be applied easily using common sense. I would reccomend it for anyone traveling to the wild areas of South America because it teaches you what to do to save yourself when working or traveling in an area where there are no ranger stations or local search and rescue teams. The chapter on survival medicine is also superior to that found in most other books. A great reference in any outdoorsman's library!
(mr4@email.byu.edu) Please don't publish my email with this review unless it is required to enter the Book Review Contest.
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This survey about associational life and the public sphere brings the study of civil society in Japan into the mainstream of the Western literature on the subject. Its importance thus lies not only in deepening our understanding of Japan, but of civil society generally.
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Facing the challenges of globalization and ecology, the standards for economic, social and environmental performance of companies are becoming more demanding. This book shows what sustainable development means for the business community and presents best practice approaches in environmental management from Japan, the USA, Brazil and seven European countries. The book stresses that international competitiveness depends on the effective use of innovative management tools and has to be supported by an intelligent system of environmental regulation, that is, promoting innovation and eco-efficiency. Experts with many years of practical experience share their know-how on how to achieve excellency in environmental performance and present concrete steps towards a sustainable company.
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Japanese Modernity and Welfare: State, Civil Society and Self in Contemporary Japan (International Political Economy)
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The hegemony of statist constructions of modern Japan have for long denied the significance of civil society and welfare to the very constitution of Japanese modernity. This book recovers a classical understanding of civil society as the realm of social individuation to draw attention to the specifically modern notion of the subject that underpins both the welfare state and market in contemporary Japan. As such, it offers a critical engagement with debates in comparative political economy and Japanese Studies.
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The Nature of the Japanese State: Rationality and Rituality (Nissan Institute Routledge Japanese Studies Series)
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Using an anthropological approach, Brian J. McVeigh shows how a greater understanding of the Japanese state can reconcile an apparent paradox--that it's both a high-tech superpower and a deeply ceremonial society. He argues that both rationality and rituality constitute a bureaucratic ethos.
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An authoritative study of an important subject.......2000-09-16
Japanology is viewed with suspicion by scholars in less politically charged disciplines - and rightly so. For one thing, many of Americafs most visible and widely quoted Japanologists spend little time in Japan and thus are largely dependent on secondary or tertiary sources in trying to understand this most opaque of nations. As most of the secondary and tertiary sources are in one way or another mouthpieces of the Japanese systemfs extensive international public relations program (the gmutual understandingh industry), there are clear grounds for concern about their reliability and trustworthiness. Enter Brian McVeigh. A resident of Tokyo since the early 1990s, McVeigh is one of the few American Japanologists who can claim a truly authoritative first-hand knowledge of his subject. Moreover he brings to this ultra-political field, a mind that is unrivalled in its commitment to the most rigorous standards of intellectual honesty and impartiality. McVeigh views Japan through the lens of anthropology - and the picture he presents is a disturbing one. While less informed observers maintain that nationalism is dead in modern Japan, McVeigh expertly debunks this myth. Stating his case in the precise language of anthropology, McVeigh presents an electrifying picture of a nation driven from the top by authoritarian bureaucrats who pursue an uncompromisingly nationalistic - some would say profoundly xenophobic - agenda. As McVeigh shows again and again, the bureaucrats have left almost nothing to chance in building what will in the fullness of time come to be recognized as one of the strongest nation states in world history.
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States, Markets and Civil Society in Asia Pacific : The Political Economy of the Asia-Pacific Region Volume I
Joseph A. Camilleri
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The twin processes of integration and fragmentation have been the distinguishing features of contemporary globalization. Nowhere is this more strikingly evident than in Asia Pacific.
This first volume of a two-volume study concentrates on the geopolitical and economic transformation of Asia Pacific. Specifically it focuses on the relationship between the decline of ideological bipolarity and dissolution of Cold War alliances on the one hand and the rapid industrialization of East Asia and the tensions generated by the shifts in the global and regional balance of economic interests on the other.
Particular attention is devoted to the three major powers (the United States, China and Japan) and to a number of small and middle powers in particular Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Australia and Canada. Underpinning the entire analysis is the complex interplay of geopolitics, economy and culture.
States, Markets and Civil Society in Asia Pacific is essential reading for scholars and researchers of Asia Pacific politics and economy. The coherent analysis will also ensure the books appeal to those in NGOs and government agencies affected by, or working in, the region.
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