The Voice of Silence: Thoughts on Spirituality, Healing and Love Learned from an Extraordinary Life Well Lived

Posted by on Apr 5, 2010 in Spirituality | 0 comments

Product DescriptionThe Voice of Silence is by an Irishwoman who has had an extraordinary life. Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo was brought up in 1930s rural Ireland where her father initiated her into the healing arts. At the age of 16, she entered a convent where she trained as a nurse, and was sent to India to look after the elderly (and knew Mother Teresa). Here, she felt it was the young,...

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The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru

Posted by on Apr 4, 2010 in Spirituality | 5 comments

Product DescriptionIn this uniquely personal account of the lives and healing arts of female shamans in northern Peru, the author alternates diaristic writings about her own experiences with ethnographic description. Her analytical essays explore the concepts of sorcery, shamanism, and witchcraft, case studies of Peruvian women and their ritual healing techniques, the healers’ religious...

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A Balm for Gilead: Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts

Posted by on Apr 4, 2010 in Spirituality | 3 comments

Product Description“A Balm for Gilead” interweaves prayer and reflection, pointing the way to a twenty-first-century spirituality for health care professionals and their patients…. More >> A Balm for Gilead: Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts A Balm for Gilead: Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts ...

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