Spirituality

Borysenko, Joan. (1993). Fire in the Soul: A new psychology of spiritual optimism. New York: Warner Books.

Linn, D., & Linn, M. (1978). Healing life's hurts. Ramsey, New Jersey: Paulist Press.

This is the book that introduced me to using imagery and prayer. The book is about forgiveness. The stages of forgiveness are the same as the five stages of grieving. Forgiveness occurs at different levels as does grief.

Linn, D., Linn, M., & Fabricant, S. (1985). Healing the greatest hurt. Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press.

Loss due to death is the subject of this book. There is an excellent chapter on the loss of children due to miscarriage or abortion.

Sanford, Agnes. (1947). The Healing light. New York: Phoenix Press.

A wonderful combination of traditional Christianity and the metaphysical aspects of healing.

Walsch, Neale Donald. (1995). Conversations with God: An uncommon dialogue. Chalottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing. (There are two more volumes which deal with other aspects of life.)

In this book, Walsch has a conversation with God about personal topics relating to individual life challenges in relationship, money, power and suffering. God is portrayed as an all-loving being who is non-judgmental and only wants us to learn. That last statement sounds rather simplistic. Walsch's conversation with God takes us to a depth which places responsibility for what happens to us squarely on our shoulders and, if we took these words to heart, would relieve us of all guilt. We would understand that everything that we do is a learning experience.

This book discusses on a personal level what it means that we are all interconnected, that God truly loves us unconditionally and that we manifest our own reality. There is strong discussion about the importance and power of thoughts, words and actions. These topics are being researched now in research on consciousness, energy work and quantum physics.