Path of the Heart: A Spiritual Guide to Divine Union, Expanded Edition with Commentary

by Beverly Lanzetta

Path of the Heart is a modern spiritual classic, and the first written account of the life-changing mystical revelations of divine suffering and divine love that Beverly Lanzetta experienced in 1976. Completed in 1984, and published in 1985, the text describes the interior process of mystical intimacy or union, combining insights from her own transformation with those she witnessed in the souls of people who came to her for spiritual guidance.



Now published in a new expanded edition with Beverly’s commentary on each chapter, Path of the Heart is a guide for those who deeply yearn for spiritual meaning in life. “I hope” she says, “that by passing on the underlying method of the mystical journey, my fellow seekers will be aided in their own search for the Unknown.”




“This is a precise roadmap for the right brain, the chambers of the heart, and the pathways of the spirit. Those who seek to go from heart to heart, from human to divine will find it a reliable guide.”

—Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder of the Jewish Renewal movement and Professor Emeritus of Religion, Temple University

Genres: Spirituality

194 pages, Nook

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Dr. Beverly Lanzetta is a theologian, spiritual teacher, and the author of many groundbreaking books on emerging universal spirituality and new monasticism, including Radical Wisdom: A Feminist Mystical Theology, Emerging Heart: Global Spirituality And the Sacred, Nine Jewels of Night: One Soul’s Journey into God and most recently, The Monk Within: Embracing a Sacred Way of Life. Dedicated to a vision of theological openness and spiritual nonviolence, her work has won praise for its wisdom, eloquence, and mystical insight and is considered to be a major contribution to what theologian Ursula King called “a feminine mystical way for the 21st century.”

Dr. Lanzetta is also a vowed monk of peace living in the world and an interfaith chaplain. She has formed a community of new monks—single, married, partnered, celibate, etc.—dedicated to the universal mystical heart and to the spirituality of nonviolence. She has devoted much of her life to mentoring people who seek a deeper contemplative commitment and who wish to take personal monastic vows. She has taught theology at Villanova University, Prescott College, and Grinnell College.

Reviews

[V K · Rating 5 out of 5]

A deeply intimate sharing of the mystical experience which have shaped the author's entire life. A very moving and insightful account in which anybody who has yearned for deep spiritual meaning will see themselves reflected.