The Direct Path: Creating a Journey to the Divine Through the World's Mystical Traditions - Rilegato

Advance praise for The Direct Path:

"The Direct Path arrived one day when I really needed a spiritual shot in the arm--rich insight, wise coaching, beautiful Scripture. It is a marvelous book to which I will turn again and again."
--Anne Lamott, author, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

"Andrew Harvey captures the rigor, creativity, and essence of the mystic path. Join his insight for the spiritual dance of your life. The Direct Path opens the ears, eyes,  and heart of the Spirit."
--Don Campbell, author, The Mozart Effect®

"The Direct Path's practical spirituality can turn our species around and tame our violence. In this way our reptilian brains can learn to develop the peace and energy we so desperately need to celebrate and heal our planet and its children."
--Matthew Fox, author, Original Blessing, and President of the University of Creation Spirituality

"The Direct Path leads us directly to the heart of the matter, the source and spirit of all life. Andrew Harvey is uniquely qualified to guide us on this journey, and this book of personal insights and spiritual exercises will nourish and nurture us along every step of the perennial way. Don't miss it!."
--Lama Surya Das, author, Awakening the Buddha Within and Awakening to the Sacred

"The Direct Path is a divinely inspired guide to the heart of the spiritual practice by one of the twentieth century's most passionate and tender mystics. Andrew has given a treasured gift to all seekers--across all paths."
--Gabrielle Roth, author, Sweat Your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Practice

"Typical of Andrew, he has written yet another brilliant book. The Direct Path is an extremely  sophisticated and well-written text. It embraces the truth in the world's mystical tradition while offering a very intimate direction to those on a spiritual path."
--Caroline Myss, bestselling author, Why People Don't Heal and How They Can and Anatomy of the Spirit

World-renowned religious scholar and teacher Andrew Harvey is the author of over thirty books, including the critically acclaimed Son of Man and Journey to Ladakh, and coauthor of the bestselling The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.  Born in South India in 1952, he studied at Oxford University and became the youngest person ever awarded a fellowship to the prestigious All Souls College. He has devoted the past twenty-five years of his life to studying the world's various mystical traditions, living in London, Paris, New York, and San Francisco, and teaching at Oxford, Cornell, and the California Institute of Integral Studies. He currently resides in Nevada with his husband, writer and photographer Eryk Hanut.