{"product_id":"9781472979476-entering-the-twofold-mystery","title":"Entering the Twofold Mystery","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn Christian Conversion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book about the insight, comfort, and direction our troubled age can find in monastic wisdom.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book about the insight, comfort, and direction our troubled age can find in monastic wisdom.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErik Varden published \u003ci\u003eThe Shattering of Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e in 2018. Now, with the world in the throes of uncertainty and turbulence, he helps us interpret the signs of the times, convinced that the perennial experience of monks and nuns has much to teach us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe principles of monasticism have become attractive to many, awakened as we are to the importance of integrity, the pursuit of peace, asceticism as a path to freedom, hospitality and contemplative seeing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After a deeply personal introduction, Varden invites us to consider what makes a monk. He then takes us on a pilgrimage through the Church’s year, drawing on Scripture, tradition and literary and religious figures of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVarden lets the reader discover the generous breadth and depth of a monk’s outlook on life. In so doing he provides inspiration, enjoyment and enlightenment in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39773861838945,"sku":"9781472979476","price":12.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31298428.jpg?v=1731573687","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472979476-entering-the-twofold-mystery","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}