Dialogue on the Path of Initiation: An Introduction to the Life and Thought of Karlfried Graf Durckheim

By Alphonse Goettmann

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093638526X
• ISBN13: 9780936385266
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Globe Pr Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

The summit of spiritual wisdom.

Durckheim is one of the most important spiritual teachers of our age, though still little known in the U.S. This book has been a bestseller overseas for nearly a decade. What makes Durckheim -- psychotherapist, mystic, teacher of meditation -- so important to our age is that he focuses on the individual's experience of the transcendent rather than on traditional teachings. Influenced by Zen Buddhism, Jung, and the great mystic Meister Eckhart, Durckheim provides a universal map to our breakthrough toward our Higher Self. He offers a bridge between different traditions by dealing with the human potential for spiritual awakening regardless of cultural background. One of his great gifts is to focus on the body as an integral part of spiritual development. There is no theory or philosophy here. The teaching is concrete, personal, and universal. Durckheim is ciritical to our understanding of life as we enter the next century and learn to share one common Truth

Spiritual wisdom at its best.

The reader will find in this book the clearest expression of the teachings of Karlfried Graf Durckheim. This book is a bestseller in Europe and has been translated into several languages. Durckheim is especially important to our times because he focuses on the individual's experience of the transcendent rather than traditional teachings on the subject of spiritual development. Yet his wisdom is informed by the best in Christian spiritual teachings (especially Meister Eckhart and the early Fathers), Zen Buddhism (he spend eight years with masters in Japan), and in humanistic psychology. In some ways, he may be called the father of transpersonal psychology. Anyone searching for authentic awakening or encounter with the divine will find pratical and life-changing insights in this book. Regardless of the reader's background, this book goes to the heart of the matter: each person's pragmatic experience of higher consciousness. As we enter the 21st century, Durckheim's legacy is especially significant. For in his teachings, we find the connecting links between different expressions of the same reality