Contemplative Prayer: The Isle of Monte Cristo; Finding the Inner Treasure by ST Georgiou

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Contemplative Prayer: The Isle of Monte Cristo; Finding the Inner Treasure by ST Georgiou

The Isle of Monte Cristo; Finding the Inner Treasure by ST Georgiou

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 2010

We have featured Georgiou; teacher, writer, and artist, on our blog previously. I have read his other two books on his mentor Robert Laxand was fabulously impressed with his writing, his insights, his art,and his person. I had the privilege of meeting Georgiou in April of 2009in California. Generous with his time, friends and faith, his writing imparts this to the world. He recently completed "The Isle of Monte Cristo, and I look forward to reading it. It is now available in bookstores, on-line through amazon and on the author's web site: www.spiritcurrents.com.

The Isle of Monte Cristo: Finding the Inner Treasure, by S.T. Georgiou (Twenty-Third Publications, 2010).This is Georgiou's third book of spiritual reflections grounded in the lifeand work of Robert Lax, poet, mystic, and friend of monk Thomas Merton.These meditations continue to explore his understanding of the divine Presence in everyday life. Drawing from a wide range of scholastic and creative experiences that highlight his faith journey, Georgiou imparts how life is an inner pilgrimage that ultimately leads to the treasure of Christ, hidden in our hearts. Georgiou's interior trek began on Patmoswhere St. John experienced the Revelation. There Georgiou serendipitously met Lax, the much-beloved poet and hermit, who became his mentor. In this book a circle of love completes itself. As. R. Patrick Hart, last secretary to Thomas Merton,makes evident; "Like his mentor, Georgiou is now a teacher whose lesson-plan focuses on agape--the highest and purest form of love."(from Novalis press release).