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    Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
    Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
    Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
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    Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics

    Written by Mirabai Starr

    Narrated by Mirabai Starr

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    The feminine mystic is one who gathers the pain of the world into her arms and transmutes it with "wild mercy"-a merging of fierce courage with the unstoppable forces of forgiveness, compassion, and love. And she is needed now more than ever.

    "Women across cultural boundaries are rising with our echoing yes in response to the collective call to step up and repair the broken world," writes Mirabai Starr. "We are rooting ourselves in our resounding no in the face of injustice to our fellow human beings and our Mother Earth." With Wild Mercy, Starr inspires you to awaken your own inner mystic as you immerse yourself in the guidance of sages such as Teresa of Ávila, Mary Magdalene, Hildegard of Bingen, the ecstatic poet Mirabai, and the Sufi saint Rabia Basri; join with the archetypal energies of figures like Kuan Yin, Tara, Kali, Sophia, and the Shekinah; and find the light to guide your own journey of spiritual awakening and service in the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 26, 2021
    ISBN9781705209080
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    Mirabai Starr

    Mirabai Starr writes creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. She has received critical acclaim for her revolutionary new translations of the mystics, John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila and Julian of Norwich. She is the award-winning author of God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir of Loss and Transformation, and Mother of God Similar to Fire, a collaboration with iconographer, William Hart McNichols. Her latest book, Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce & Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics, was published in Spring 2019. She lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico.

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    • 5/5
      Great book hard to describe just read it and see

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    • 5/5
      Powerful listening experience. I have the book to refer to. But hearing Mirabai deliver her words was so lovely for me as I walked in nature, did housework or drove my car. Deep Namaste Mirabai and all who inspired you.??❤️

      2 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Disappointing.. Couldn't get past the ant-men rant at the beginning.. Not all men are awful. I expected more.