Prayers of the Cosmos :Reflections on the Original Meaning of Jesus's Words - Softcover

Neil Douglas-Klotz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060619953 ISBN 13: 9780060619954

Publisher: Thorsons, 1994

Synopsis

Neil Douglas-Klotz offers a radical new translation of the words of Jesus Christ with Prayers of the Cosmos. Reinterpreting the Lord s Prayer and the Beatitudes from the vantage of Middle Eastern mysticism, Douglas-Klotz, the Sufi Founder of the worldwide network of the Dances of Universal Peace, reveals a mystical, feminist, cosmic Christ. Prayers of the Cosmos is a spiritual revelation and in the words of Science of Mind, When you read this book, you will have no further doubt that God loves you infinitely and unconditionally. Reinterpreting the Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes from the vantage of Middle Eastern mysticism, Douglas Klotz offers a radical new translation of the words of Jesus Christ that reveals a mystical, feminist, cosmic Christ.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

NEIL DOUGLAS-KLOTZ is on the faculty of the Institute for Culture and Creation Spirituality in Oakland, CA, and is founding director of the International Centre for the Dances of Universal Peace. He has over a dozen years of experience teaching movement, music, voice, and body awareness all over the world.

"For the many of us who want to peel away centuries of dualistic, patriarchal forms and recover the life-affirming beauty of our Christian roots, nothing could be more welcome than this exquisite little volume."
JOANNA MACEY – author of 'World as Lover, World as Self'

"Reading this book and doing the body prayers are a spiritual retreat. This small volume can change our whole manner of praying and if we allow it, our lives as well."
'Creation'

"When you read this book, you will have no further doubt that God loves you infinitely and unconditionally."
'Science of Mind'

"'Prayers of the Cosmos' is a brief study, but one that opens a door of immense size, if only a crack – just enough to invite further entrance into the real teachings of Jesus."
'Sufism'

"There is no reason to stop at one single phrasing of what Jesus intended his words to mean; they are so rich and resonant that they deserve to be spoken, tasted, rolled around in the mouth, body, and spirit, savoured and appreciated for their subtle flavours and rich spiritual nourishment."
'New Dimensions'

About the Author:

In the 20 years since the first edition of Prayers of the Cosmos was published, a great many developments in both the scholarly and theological worlds have supported an Aramaic approach to the spirituality of Jesus that my book promoted.... You can read the the full Preface to the 2010 Edition of Prayers of the Cosmos posted on my microsite.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0060619953
• ISBN 13: 9780060619954
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• Editor: Neil Douglas-Klotz