The Gateways: The Wisdom of 12-Step Spirituality

by Jane Galloway

Overview

The Gateways are your opening for a new day, a new way, a new vibe! Tools to set your vibration to the Sacred Om.
Using the wisdom path of the 12-Steps and of many of the world's sacred traditions, plus color, sound, light, crystal healing, meditation, yoga and prayer, The Gateways are a psycho-spiritual companion guide for your journey back to True Center...time and time again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781945026171
Publisher:	Sacred Stories Publishing
Publication date:	09/27/2016
Pages:	146
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

The Rev. Dr. Jane Galloway, who has over thirty years' experience with the 12-Steps, a Claremont School of Theology Doctor of Ministry, and extensive experience serving as a minister, community leader, and advocate of the arts-- all in addition to her accomplished career as a stage and screen actor, has now become the leader of a 12-step spiritual revolution. A long time member of Alcoholics Anonymous, Rev. Galloway brings the "prayer and meditation" elements of Step 11 to a deeper level with her book, The Gateways: The Wisdom of 12-Step Spirituality, in which she shares a powerful collection of spiritual practices and rituals designed to augment the transformative work begun in recovery. The 12 Steps have helped countless addicts find sobriety; The Gateways helps them live into the spiritual awakening promised in Step 12. Jane Galloway's understanding of the 12 Steps as a spiritual path, along with her commitment to serving all who seek recovery through the Steps, makes her the perfect guide to all spiritual pilgrims on the journey--of any faith or of none--who are ready to reap the full spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical benefits of recovery.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Are You Ready for a Change? . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi
Introduction: Why 12-Step Spirituality? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
My Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix
A Spiritual Hunger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
A Country Spirals into Addiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
God and the 12-Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
12-Steps as Wisdom Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Jesus and the 12-Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Community and the 12-Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Understanding the 12-Steps as Spiritual Practice . . . . . 29
The Gateways
How To Use the Gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ritual as a Healing Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
The Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Gateway Essence 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Gateway Essence 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Gateway Essence 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Gateway Essence 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Gateway Essence 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Gateway Essence 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Gateway Essence 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Gateway Essence 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Gateway Essence 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Gateway Essence 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Gateway Essence 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Gateway Essence 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Putting It Together: A Twelve Week Model . . . . . . . . . . . 91
"Pick a Path - ANY Path, and Go Deeper" . . . . . . . . . . .93
Tools For Your Transcultural, Inter-Spiritual Bento Box . 95
An Inter-Spiritual Holistic Bento Box of Tools . . . . . . . . . 97
You Have a Story to Tell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Appreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .121

Editorial Reviews

Bill W., Lois, and Dr. Bob are cheering from the bleachers as Jane Galloway brings the much-beloved 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous into the light of the 21st century. Touching upon all the world's religious traditions, as well as secular and New Thought philosophies, The Gateways serves as a guide to anyone on a spiritual journey who wants to deepen their faith and experience what it means to be made whole. Kate Sheehan Roach, Managing Editor, Patheos Spirituality As we enter a New Era of consciousness and awakening, people in recovery will welcome this refreshing and highly energizing book for its far-reaching embrace of multiple paths. The Gateways into Perennial Truths shared by all wisdom traditions, resulting in a comprehensive approach to Spiritual Recovery. The Big Book has needed an infusion of deep and fresh spiritual energy and insight for a long while - and here it is! Jack Cuffari, Interspiritual Minister You my dear, are RIGHT on target, and RIGHT on time. You are on the cutting edge of a new revolution in the field of alcohol and addiction answers. I feel SO amazingly grateful to be a part of this. Your book is really helping me in my own sobriety and in my Spiritual Path. I finally have a Spiritual Path. That's what's been missing for my entire Sobriety. Judith Loniak L.V.N. Jane shares with us not only the results of her academic study and years of experience in ministry but also the hard won learnings from her own journey. She does so in a way that is accessible and user friendly - producing for us, in her own words, a "tool box." Rev. Dr. Robert Brashear NYC

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