Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author, internationally acclaimed speaker, and interspiritual teacher. In 2020, she was honored on Watkins’ list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People. Drawing from 20 years of teaching Philosophy and World Religions and a lifetime of practice, Mirabai shares her wisdom worldwide on contemplative living, writing as a spiritual practice, and the transformational power of grief and loss. She has authored over a dozen books including Wild Mercy, Caravan of No Despair, and renowned translations of sacred literature. Her most recent book, Ordinary Mysticism, has been praised by Anne Lamott as “a gorgeous, transformative, welcoming book is for anyone who longs to feel more present, more alive, more joyful and aware of the holiness of daily life.” She lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico. For more, visit [...]

Gregory Boyle, SJ is an American Jesuit priest and founder and director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, California, the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program. He’s also the author of the New York Times Bestseller, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, and several other books.

Foreword by Gregory Boyle

Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition

Introduction: The Interspiritual Quest

Toward the One: The Unity of the Divine

All Creation Praises God: Stewardship of the Earth

Reluctant Prophets: The Divine Summons

Longing for the Beloved: The Illusion of Separation

Radical Wonderment: Faith in the Absence of Proof

Welcoming the Stranger: Desert Hospitality

Sacred Service: Compassionate Action

Mercy: Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Indwelling Presence: The Feminine Face of the Divine

Still Small Voice: Contemplative Life

Fire and Wine: The Path of Suffering and Exaltation

Afterword: Walking the Interspiritual Path

Gratitude

Notes

Index