The Desert Pilgrim: En Route to Mysticism and Miracles Paperback - 2004
by Mary Swander
In this exquisite memoir, critically acclaimed writer Mary Swander recounts her extraordinary trek from suffering to emotional, physical, and spiritual recovery. After a car accident left her almost completely paralyzed and in chronic pain with no medical cure in sight, Swander a lapsed Catholic, without any family to speak of headed for New Mexico in search of the alternative medicine that the region is known for. Amid the stark beauty of the desert, she meets two unusual healers: Father Sergei, a Russian Orthodox monk who helps restore her faith, and Lu, a curandera, whose herbal remedies help restore her body. Using her own transcendent experiences, Swander weaves an investigation into the history of healing and such mystics as Teresa of Avila, St. Francis of Assisi, and Hildegard of Bingen. Beautifully written, The Desert Pilgrim shows readers how to restore their faith in the modern world and how to believe in miracles again.
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I stand near the back of the nave of Father Sergei's church, my eyes fixed on the two nuns bowing and chanting at a lectern near the wall, their black veils drawn down to their eyebrows, the room dark and hazy from the incense rising up in the air.
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- Title The Desert Pilgrim: En Route to Mysticism and Miracles
- Author Mary Swander
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 332
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date June 29, 2004
- ISBN 9780142196304 / 0142196304
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.68 x 5.36 x 0.69 in (19.51 x 13.61 x 1.75 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002035933
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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