Beautiful Summer Morning Inspirational Saturday Book Club

This is the start of what I hope will become a new feature as popular as the Inspirational Sunday Video. (See Side bar and click on Inspirational Video).

The first book I want to talk about is  “The Ecstatic Journey: Walking the Mystical Path in Everyday Lifeby Sophy Burnham.

 This book covers events in the authors life leading up to her Ecstatic experience and the effects the mystical experience exerted on her life.

 ”We are rewarded with knowings, visions, and love beyond belief; and yet these ecstasies themselves, as you shall see, are no more than little chocolates tossed out to encourage us on the Way. Just when we think we’ve learned something, we find–there’s always more.” Quote from the Introduction of the Book.

This is a fascinating journey as we follow the writer to her Mystical experience at Machu Picchu in Peru and then her struggles to come to terms with what has happened to her. Ultimately,  the “vision” at Machu Picchu leads to the break of her marriage and her continued searching for answers and to deeper understanding of her transformation.

We are treated on the journey to a history of our spiritual teacher and their stories from across the ages. All faiths, and fellow visionaries are brought forth to describe the various types of “Vision” and how their transformations changed their lives. While there is much about the Christian view, she also explores the phenomena from the view of Taoism, Buddhism  and Islam and other mystic views.

Sophy Burnham writes from her heart with a passion that carries the subject of the book without effort. I found the book thrilling and fascinating. The author weaves the myths and legends with universal truths leaving the reader with breathtaking insights.

Each chapter is introduced with fabulous quotes , short poems , and sayings from the mystics themselves or the people who write about them and spiritual transformations.

If you are at all interested in the path to enlightenment then this is a book you will treasure.

Nick Grimshawe 

Other Books By this Author

A Book of Angels: Reflections on Angels Past and Present, and True Stories of How They Touch Our Lives

Angel Letters

Revelations