If you haven’t already read it, Clint Sabom’s memoir about his own awakening in the Christian Mystical tradition is a mesmerizing and intimate story.
Here is what others are saying about Sabom’s book, Preparation For Great Light:
“I couldn’t put this book down, I’ve been searching for something else for a while now. I’m new to centerings prayer, and his book has helped me think a lot. I would love to go to monastery!”
— Kindle Customer
“The book is honest, raw, revealing, forgiving and offers encouragement to the fallable seeker. A wonderful read that swings from easy spacious prose to intense stream of consciousness journaling – the writer holds nothing back and takes us for a deeply meaningful ride.”
— Rabbi Ben Shalva, author of Spiritual Cross-Training and Ambition Addiction
Feel free to read my review of Preparation For Great Light.
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Also by Clint Sabom and Contemplative Light:
How might your life change if you were steeped more deeply in the wisdom of the Christian Mystics? Drawing on the best available writing on the topic of Christian Mysticism both ancient and modern, Contemplative Light is offering a special course on the Christian Mystics Sacred Lives: An Introduction To The Christian Mystics.
The Divine Transformation: Essentials of Christian Mysticism – Welcome to a comprehensive introductory through intermediate level course on both practice and perspectives of these timeless teachings from the Christian Mystical and Contemplative traditions! Whether you are a long-time practitioner looking to solidify your understanding and framework for practice or a beginner interested in immersing yourself in this teaching, this course can serve as a rich resource.
Contemplative Practices: 5 Ways of Consenting to the Divine – Learn methods practiced by Christian mystics for centuries to consent to the action and presence of God within, including Centering Prayer, The Examen, Lectio Divina, Christian Meditation, and the Jesus Prayer.
Dante’s Road: The Journey Home for the Modern Soul by Marc Thomas Shaw
150 Meditations From The World’s Mystics by Marc Thomas Shaw and Clint Sabom
Preparation For Great Light: Recollections Of A Christian Mystic by Clint Sabom
Writing as a Spiritual Practice: This course helps you to access the rich spiritual stories that lie deeply within you. Words are powerful. The words that you write can be used to:
- help you understand yourself better – and therefore divine God’s purpose in your life
- facilitate healing of spiritual wounds
- minister to others more effectively
- share your testimonies of how God has worked in your life
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