An Endless Trace: The Passionate Pursuit of Wisdom in the West

by Christopher Bamford

Book Overview

Two powerful motives weave beneath the surface of our spiritual history: the desire to know and the desire to love. The secret history of the West is the story of saints, mystics, alchemists, poets, and philosophers trying to unite these two streams and celebrate the sacred marriage of Logos and Sophia, Word and Wisdom. This book, an impressionistic history of the Western spiritual tradition, follows the traces--from ancient Greece into modern times--of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930337078
• ISBN13: 9781930337077
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Codhill Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"