Writinga the Sacred Art: Beyond the Page to Spiritual Practice Contributor(s): Shapiro, Rami (Author), Shapiro, Aaron (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594733724 ISBN-13: 9781594733727 Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Spirituality - Self-help | Spiritual - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric |
Dewey: 808 |
LCCN: 2012006011 |
Series: Art of Spiritual Living |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 194 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Push your writing through the trite and the boring to something fresh, something transformative. "Writing as spiritual practice has nothing to do with readers per se. You aren't writing to be read; you are writing to be freed. Writing as spiritual practice is conspiratorial rather than inspirational. It conspires to strip away everything you use to maintain the illusion of certainty, security and self-identity. Where spiritual writing seeks to bind you all the more tightly to the self you imagine yourself to be, writing as spiritual practice intends to free you from it." This isn't about how to write spiritual books. It isn't about the romance of writing. It doesn't cover the ins and outs of publishing and building a brand. Instead, this fresh and unapologetic guide to writing as a spiritual practice approaches writing as a way to turn the spiral of body, heart, mind, soul and spirit that leads to spiritual awakening. Lead by renowned spirituality teacher Rami Shapiro and award-winning writer and writing coach Aaron Shapiro--and featuring over fifty unique, practical exercises--it takes you beyond assigning inspirational words to the page. It shows you how to use your writing to unlock the joy of life and the infinite perspectives and possibilities that living provides. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shapiro, Rami: - Rami Shapiro, a renowned teacher of spirituality across faith traditions, is an award-winning storyteller, poet and essayist. He is author of The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness: Preparing to Practice, Recovery--The Sacred Art: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice and The Divine Feminine in Biblical Wisdom Literature: Selections Annotated & Explained (all SkyLight Paths), among other books. Rami Shapiro is available to speak on the following topics:
Aaron Shapiro, an award-winning poet and essayist, teaches undergraduate writing and literature at Middle State Tennessee University. A frequent speaker on topics ranging from creative writing to critical theory, his work has been published in Teaching in the Pop Culture Zone. He is a recipient of the Michael Hauptman Poetry Prize, a Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, a Paul Muldoon Poetry Fellowship, and the Tennessee Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Award, as well as the Virginia Peck Award. |