Enlightenment can happen anywhere. Spiritual messages are everywhere. This simple and relatable guidebook shows you how to recognize the whisper.

Occasionally, the day-to-day monotony of life is unexpectedly interrupted by thoughts and experiences--beautiful and profound, or painful and sad. Depending on the person, these moments may be instantly forgotten or even go unrecognized. But these moments are crucial because they lift us from the mundane into the experience of the transcendent or facilitate our demise into what Hobbes called "life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short." Lucidly written in both verse and prose, Voices of the Soul is at once existential and simple in the revelation of the sacred. A provocatively straightforward expose, these poems fully engage the revealing power and beauty of nature and explore what it means to be human--a complex enigma discovered in the inspired nuances of the poetic imagination. In a materialistic age of disbelief, isolation, anxiety, and spiritual yearning, the words you'll discover in this book--written with emotional urgency--moving, powerful, and beautifully transparent, will revitalize and sustain your mind, body, and soul reminding us that we are not alone--and more importantly, that we're a dynamic part of an ineffable and meaningful cosmos.

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Through a dual engagement with the unconscious in psychoanalysis and Islamic theological-medical reasoning, Stefania Pandolfo’s unsettling and innovative book reflects on the maladies of the soul at a time of tremendous global upheaval. Drawing on in-depth historical research and testimonies of contemporary patients and therapists in Morocco, Knot of the Soul offers both an ethnographic journey through madness and contemporary formations of despair and a philosophical and theological exploration of the vicissitudes of the soul. Knot of the Soul moves from the experience of psychosis in psychiatric hospitals, to the visionary torments of the soul in poor urban neighborhoods, to the melancholy and religious imaginary of undocumented migration, culminating in the liturgical stage of the Qur’anic cure. Demonstrating how contemporary Islamic cures for madness address some of the core preoccupations of the psychoanalytic approach, she reveals how a religious and ethical relation to the “ordeal” of madness might actually allow for spiritual transformation. This sophisticated and evocative work illuminates new dimensions of psychoanalysis and the ethical imagination while also sensitively examining the collective psychic strife that so many communities endure today.

What would it be like to live with a sense of deep well-being, responsive emotions, well-ordered thoughts, a clear conscience, and a will free to choose? Voices of the Soul focuses on soul health—spiritual formation and transformation for those who desire greater depth and growth. Borrowing from and building on the works of Dr. Carla Waterman, Leanne Payne, C. S. Lewis, and Dr. Dallas Willard, this study works from a grace-filled, Spirit-empowered, biblical perspective and offers more than inner healing. It describes the hidden dimensions of the soul’s architecture, explores how they can become damaged, and provides specific healing practices for wholeness. Each chapter invites you to pause and reflect, building toward personal application and further development. What is sore and disordered can be identified, reshaped, and reordered by the healing power of the cross. As you resolve hindrances to maturity, you can experience restoration and healing, growing into your authentic self with Christ at the center. This uplifting guide explains the interactive nature of the Lord’s deep transformation of our souls, with practical steps for personal growth and healing.