They shall bear thee up in their hands

Childhood in a Japanese prison camp in Indonesia during WWII; return to Holland; several years in Italy, where quest for spiritual knowledge starts; again return to Holland and study of astrology, Theosophy and New Age ideas of Findhorn Community in Scotland; brief acquaintance with teachings of Gurdjieff; acquaintance with Sufism of Hazrat Inayat Khan and long studies and work in Sufi Circle; pilgrimages to tomb of Inayat Khan in Delhi, India; then in Holland encounter with Russian Master of Hermetic tradition on terrace of Sufi temple. This last event shatters her life completely and leads her eventually back to the spiritual roots of her soul: the inspiring mysticism of the Russian Orthodox Christianity. In a supplementary chapter a discourse on ‘Faust in the twenty first century. The new Hermeticism: the magician seeking God'.

Author: Maria Toonen

Author: Maria Toonen
ISBN: 978-90-77820-31-5
Editor: Ms. Joy Kearney
Translator: Ms. Joy Kearney
Binding: Paperback, gloss lamination
Extent: 150 pages
Format Size: 216 x 140 mm
Published by: Serebrov Boeken, The Hague
Category: Christian Hermeticism