Gnostic Book of Hours: Keys to Inner Wisdom - Softcover

June K. Singer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892540672 ISBN 13: 9780892540679

Publisher: Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S., 2003

Synopsis

Within the Nag Hammadi Library are ancient texts written during the first two centuries A.D. by a group who called themselves the Gnostics. June Singer has recast the wisdom found in these texts into a lovely book of hours the traditional framework for an ongoing meditative practice. Its purpose is to enable readers to maintain an awareness of the presence of the divine mystery within the everyday world. A GNOSTIC BOOK OF HOURS is divided into eight offices or prayers for different parts of the day: matins (midnight) lauds (daybreak); prime (beginning of the workday) terce sext none (the little hours during the work day) vespers (sundown) and compline (retiring to sleep). For each office Singer has selected a text for each day of the week. She annotates and interprets the ancient text and makes it relevant for today's readers. There are many paths to the holy writes Singer and each of us must find our own. Each path leads through differing labyrinthine ways. Yet all come to the same centre the kingdom within. As global communication becomes easier and our world subsequently seems to get smaller we seek common ground on which to stand with each other. We lament that life is moving too quickly and want to hold on to something that endures. In this book June Singer is a modern scribe of ancient wisdom helping us to discover the common ground and eternal anchor within each of us.

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About the Author

June Singer is best known for her classic work Boundaries of the Soul, which has been a major influence in popularizing Jung's work. Her other books include: Modern Woman in Search of Soul, Androgyny, and Blake, Jung, and the Collective Unconscious. A Zurich-trained Jungian psychoanalyst, member of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco and founding member of the Chicago Institute, June Singer lives in Cleveland, where she maintains a private practice in Jungian analysis and transpersonal psychotherapy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S.
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892540672
• ISBN 13: 9780892540679
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192