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Kaleidoscope: Broadening the Palette in the Art of Spiritual Direction
A comprehensive resource for understanding the various components of spiritual direction.
Early mystics of the Near East and northern Africa created the monastic traditions and were the first psychologists, exploring various practices to test the human capacity. In medieval times, spiritual direction was common in the Roman Catholic monastic traditions. It extended significantly into Protestant Christianity in the late twentieth century by predominantly white and affluent organizations. Spiritual direction has progressively become a global, multi-religious and interfaith practice.
This book is a comprehensive and concise text from a spiritual director of color, offering inclusive resources and tools to spiritual directors of many faiths and for people of diverse cultures and traditions. Core skills such a deep listening, hospitality, and discernment are presented with cutting-edge lessons on internal liberation, systemic trauma, and imaginative discovery. Spiritual direction is taught by more than 100 educational institutions and spirituality centers in the US alone, but typical curriculum generally does not reflect current cultural reality and growing diversity. This is a textbook for anyone who studies spiritual direction as both preparation for and deepening of their calling.
Early mystics of the Near East and northern Africa created the monastic traditions and were the first psychologists, exploring various practices to test the human capacity. In medieval times, spiritual direction was common in the Roman Catholic monastic traditions. It extended significantly into Protestant Christianity in the late twentieth century by predominantly white and affluent organizations. Spiritual direction has progressively become a global, multi-religious and interfaith practice.
This book is a comprehensive and concise text from a spiritual director of color, offering inclusive resources and tools to spiritual directors of many faiths and for people of diverse cultures and traditions. Core skills such a deep listening, hospitality, and discernment are presented with cutting-edge lessons on internal liberation, systemic trauma, and imaginative discovery. Spiritual direction is taught by more than 100 educational institutions and spirituality centers in the US alone, but typical curriculum generally does not reflect current cultural reality and growing diversity. This is a textbook for anyone who studies spiritual direction as both preparation for and deepening of their calling.
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256 pages, Paperback
Published December 17, 2019
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December 31, 2022
Great practical information
This is required reading for a class in spiritual direction that I am taking. Adesanya provides excellent, practical information and insights for anyone interested in becoming a Spiritual director, or companion.
This is required reading for a class in spiritual direction that I am taking. Adesanya provides excellent, practical information and insights for anyone interested in becoming a Spiritual director, or companion.
June 17, 2021
This is an excellent overview of the various historical, comparative perceptions, and applications of Spiritual Direction.
February 24, 2023
A beautiful collection of essays that add insight to the general practice of spiritual direction and perspective as we consider the ways our cultural lenses impact our relationship with God.
May 17, 2025
This one was tough for me to get through. There were a few chapters that were helpful, there were a few that were really hard to get through and even unhelpful, and sometime in between.
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