The Return of the Mother

by Andrew Harvey

Overview

Here is Andrew Harvey's most complete statement on Mary and his vision of the Divine Mother as both a social and spiritual revolutionary."Perhaps the most radical aspect of Harvey's message is also the simplest:

"Only the transforming power of love can make the salvation of the human race possible." -Common Boundary

In The Return of the Mother, acclaimed scholar and teacher Andrew Harvey unearths the sacred feminine in major world faiths and passionately calls on us to follow this path for an authentic and empowering relationship with the divine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585420735
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/28/2000
Pages:	512
Sales rank:	678,661
Product dimensions:	6.04(w) x 8.95(h) x 1.32(d)
Age Range:	18 - 14 Years

About the Author

Andrew Harvey is an internationally acclaimed poet, novelist, mystical scholar, seeker, and teacher. He is the author of more than thirty books, including Son of Man, The Direct Path, Hidden Journey, The Way of Passion, The Return of the Mother, and A Journey in Ladakh.

Table of Contents

The Return of the Mother Foreword
1. Introduction
2. The Message of the Mother in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna
3. Adoration and the Divine Child
Questions and Answers
4. Aurobindo and the Transformation of the Mother
Questions and Answers
5. The Sufi Way of Adoration
6. The Sufi Way of Heartbreak
Questions and Answers
7. The Buddha and the Mother
8. Mahayana Buddhism and the Mother
Questions and Answers
9. The Tao and the Mother
Questions and Answers
10. May Our Mother
Questions and Answers
11. Christ the Mother
Questions and Answers
12. Conclusion
Interviews with Andrew Harvey:
Introduction
"On Divine Responsibility" by Rose Solari
"Teachers and Seekers" by Catherine Ingram
Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

Harvey, who has studied under Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, and Christian spiritual teachers and written several translations-interpretations of the Sufi mystical poet Rumi, has been a spokesperson for Mother Meera, an Indian woman whose followers believe she is an avatar (divine manifestation). But Harvey has broken with her and renounced the idea of spiritual gurus. In this book, he discusses manifestations of the Divine Mother or feminine principle in Hindu, Sufi, Buddhist, and Christian teachings. He believes the next 20 years will determine the fate of life on earth and that "a new spiritual age is potentially dawning for humankind...in which the divine could be present intimately, normally, consciously, in all things and activities...through the grace of the Mother." Recommended for those with eclectic spiritual and environmental interests.-Carolyn M. Craft, Longwood Coll., Farmville, Va.

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