Gender, Religion, And Radicalism in the Long Eighteenth Century The 'ingenious Quaker' and H... Book

Is there life after death? Do I believe in God? What is the meaning of life? I always thought I'd get round to answering these questions when, I don't know, I was older, I had more time or I had more experience of the world. Perhaps it was just I wasn't brave enough. Around four and a half years ago, I decided to start trying to engage with these questions. I started reading books (reviewed on this site), attending workshops and retreats and trying to decide my beliefs.

If I'd had enough knowledge when I started out, I would have asked for a book that explained the difference between religion and spirituality. I would asked for something that linked psychology (my era of specialty) with spirituality - with special references to Jung. I would asked for someone who had studied long and thought deeply and been prepared to give his (or her opinions) without pushing one true path. I would have asked for some practical ideas - without recruiting for one school of thought. I found all those ingredients in this book. Thank you Lionel Corbett.

Even more amazingly, this book gave me the space to think about my own direct spiritual experiences - what Corbett calls the Numinosum - rather than discount them (because they don't fit the Judaeo-Christian orthodoxy. It even gave me some ideas for a book of my own.

The only problem is how will I find a book to follow this one. Perhaps I should read it again? After all, there is a lot to digest and I expect I will get different lessons the second time around.