"Essential
Spirituality beautifully articulates the benefits of spiritual living
in the material world."
-DAN
MILLMAN, AUTHOR, Everyday
Enlightenment and The Way of the
Peaceful Warrior
'Deceptively simple. Its power is rooted not only in Dr. Walsh's formidable intellectual capacity to deal effectively with a vast body of religious literature but in his own deep spiritual practices in a multitude of disciplines over many years. An important contribution.'
-RAM
DASS, AUTHOR, Be
Here Now
'An
absolute masterpiece ... Essential
Spirituali@ is helpful to both the unseasoned and seasoned seeker.
The writing is deep, simple, and clear yet at the same time poetic
and musical. A must read.'
-GERALD
G. JAMPOLSKY MD.
'Energetic,
engaged, and occasionally electrifying.... The field of spiritual books
has been looking for its own Lewis Thomas or Carl Sagan, and I believe
Roger Walsh may be that one.'
-KEN
WILBER, AUTHOR, One
Taste and A Brief History of Everything
Based
on over twenty years of research and spiritual practice, this is a
groundbreaking and life-changing book In his decades of study, Dr. Roger
Walsh has discovered that each of the great spiritual traditions has both
a common goal and seven common practices to reach that goal: recognizing
the sacred and divine that exist both within and around us.
Filled with stories, exercises, meditations, myths, prayers, and
practical advice, Essential Spirituality
shows how you can integrate these seven principles into one truly
rewarding way of life in which kindness, love, joy, peace, vision, wisdom,
and generosity become an ever-growing part of everything you do.
ROGER
WALSH, MD, PH.D., is Professor of psychiatry, philosophy, and anthropology
at the University of California at Irvine.
His writings and research have received more than twenty national
and international awards. His
other books include Paths Beyond
Ego: The Transpersonal Vision, Gifts from a Course in Miracles, and The
Spirit of Shamanism
ISBN 0-471-39216-2
JOHN
WILEY & SONS, INC.