Richard Hooper: 3 books

The Essential Mystics, Poets, Saints, and Sages is a treasury of quotes and passages from the great Sufi mystics, Buddhists, Hindus, Taoists, Jews, and Christians throughout the centuries. This collection, curated by religious scholar Richard Hooper, stresses the beauty of religious language...

History is always written by the victors. The Church has been successful in covering up its dirty laundry for a long time, but no more! Now the secrets are revealed for anyone willing to read what scholars have written and for those prepared to read Biblical texts with critical eyes. Here is a synopsis...

Hymns to the Beloved includes the sayings of 42 Sufi mystics, 48 Hindus, 50 Buddhists, 14 Taoists, 15 Jews and 32 Christians--all from ancient times to the present. There are 790 quotations in all. The Introduction to Mysticism at the beginning of the book includes the subjects: "The Perennial...