Reviews for 'Cual Camino?

The average rating for 'Cual Camino? based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-08-15 00:00:00 Guvenc Ergin I first read this book in 2004. And have been re-reading it sporadically ever since; each fresh review brings greater understanding. As a free lance esotericist, I have been exploring related subjects for more than 50 years. But I am a 5th generation native of the Pacific NW, raised with the traditional views of the area. Meaning without religion at all. In addition, I am a left-wing labor populist. My view of Christianity was mostly that of the usual dismissive attitude of many activists. We just "knew" that this religion (or at least its institutions) was to blame for all of western society's ills. Few realize that, logically, this is akin to condemning the entire idea of democracy because people are uninformed, the media trivializes or ignores important issues, and officials are more concerned with campaign money than the common good. Particularly in this era of economic determinism. In my own case, the powerful environment of the NW always affected me in a way I would now call a form of nature mysticism. Late in life, I earned a degree in botany with a forestry minor. I soon concluded that ecosystem preservation could not be done without addressing the need for economic equity. Which is a matter of ethics and morals, the province of the world's religious traditions. As an American, I had to learn how to present the case within the framework of western religion... Christianity. I already had an extensive background, both by experience and by research, in what Smoley calls the western esoteric tradition. A legacy that extends back to ancient Egypt. A legacy that I found to be, much to my surprise, also deeply at home within a Christianity rarely acknowledged by church hierarchs and virtually invisible to the general public. Although now an overworked cliche, it is, however, true that change in the greater culture begins with spiritual change in the individual self. What Smoley has done is no less than situate what he calls inner Christianity within the whole arc of western civilization. By itself, that is a cure for the American tendency to live only in a limited present, as if context didn't matter. Yet he does much more. This book is also an appeal to the practical mind. He shows what works and why. And he does so by means of a terminology that separates difficult concepts into understandable levels in order that we are able to grasp some idea of the immensity of whole: the infinite divine. Nor is the author content with leaving us at the psychological point of the beginner's feel-good encounters with light. He gives us the full truth. That this Way is hard work, takes time, and is sometimes dangerous. There's the dark night of the soul. It's not merely personal depression-- it's terrifying. It's to be lost and alone in a neverending now; no hope, no help, no end. Crossing that abyss is birth of the process towards spiritualized being. The legacy of a Christianity which recognizes the potential divinity within every human. This book, Inner Christianity, is quite simply the best manual out there.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-12-23 00:00:00 Jorge Casas I discovered this book about 5 to 7 years ago. It's sort of a grounding tool for me. I am always able to understand the "deep" of Christianity, a bit better each time I pick it up. And my awe and reverence for the true nature of God awakens from it's complacency in me. I LOVE THIS BOOK!