Deliverance of the Spellbound God: An Experiential Journey Into Eastern and Western Meditation Practices

by Marie-Laure Valandro

Overview

Marie-Laure Valandro, the author of Camino Walk and Letters from Florence and a long-time student of Anthroposophy, takes readers on yet another journey-this one more inward. Marie-Laure begins this journey with a Vipassana Buddhist retreat in southern Québec with the well-known meditation teacher, Goenka. The meditation retreat becomes the touchstone of the author's travels, while Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy serves as the ground. The author describes the spiritual dimensions of her travels in India and Europe, while always returning to her deep understanding of Steiner's spiritual science. As always in Marie-Laure's writing, in Deliverance of the Spellbound God we discover the sublime in the ordinary, and wisdom in even the most foolish of situations. In her descriptions of people and places, as well as in the details of her travels, she shows how we can look outward to know ourselves, and look inward to know the world. Deliverance of the Spellbound God offers gifts of wisdom from an extraordinary life lived.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781584201007
Publisher:	SteinerBooks, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/31/2011
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.52(d)

Table of Contents

East: Preparation 1

Initiation 4

Adjustment 18

Persevering on the Eastern Path 24

West: Discovering Rudolf Steiner 34

Understanding My Buddhist Practices 39

Drawing upon Mother India 47

The Yoga Path and the Westerner 73

Ancient Practice through Western Eyes 90

Revisiting My Spiritual Journey 101

"Yoga of Light" 144

Full Circle 169

The Eagle, the Lion, and the Holy Cow 187

Language of the Heart 201

References 220