Radical Passion: Sacred Love and Wisdom in Action

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1. Introduction
2. Chapter 1. The Heart of Love-The Return of the Divine Feminine
3. Introduction
4. Blaze of Light, Blood of Creation from The Unknown She / Hilary Hart
5. Conclusion to The Return of the Mother (1993)
6. Foreword to Spiritual Writings on Mary / Mary Ford-Grabowsky
7. Introduction to Mary's Vineyard / Andrew Harvey, Eryk Hanut
8. On the Black Madonna Interview with Fred Gustafson from The Moonlit Path
9. Mary as the Black Madonna from The Son of Man
10. Chapter 2. The Language of Love-The Eternal Renaissance of the Mystical Poets
11. Introduction
12. Introduction to Songs of Kabir Rabindranath Tagore Introduction to The Teachings of Rumi
13. Excerpt from Sixty Seconds / Phil Bolsta
14. Foreword to The Seasons of the soul; The Poetic Guidance and Spiritual Wisdom of Herman Hesse / Ludwig Max Fischer
15. Interview / Ludwig Max Fischer
16. Foreword to Black Sun: The Collected Poems of Lewis Thompson / Richard Lannoy
17. Foreword to Unmasking the Rose / Dorothy Walters
18. Chapter 3. The Body of Love-The Embodiment of Love in the Mystics from All Spiritual Traditions
19. Introduction
20. Introduction to The Essential Mystics
21. Introduction to Teachings of the Hindu Mystics
22. Introduction to Perfume of the Desert
23. Foreword to The Way of a Pilgrim, translated and annotated / Gleb Pokrovsky
24. Introduction to Teachings of the Christian Mystics
25. Resurrecting the Authentic Christ: Jesus as Guide to Mystical Love in Action Interview / Michael Bertrand
26. Foreword to Zohar, translated and annotated / Daniel C. Matt
27. Introduction to Essential Teachings / His Holiness The Dalai Lama
28. Afterword to a Journey in Ladakh-2000 Edition
29. Introduction to The Essential Gay Mystics
30. Foreword to The Book of Mirdad / Mikhail Naimy
31. Radical Mystic Andrew Harvey Interview / Felicia M. Tomasko
32. Chapter 4. The Light of Love-Honoring the Divine Within
33. Introduction
34. Introduction to The Direct Path
35. The Unfolding of a Prophet Interview / Matthew Fox
36. The Compelling Power of Teresa of Avila Interview with Caroline Myss about Entering the Castle
37. Articles from the Huffington Post / Andrew Harvey, Karuna Erickson
38. Andrew's Story from Heart Yoga
39. The Sacred Activism of Heart Yoga Interview / Michael Bertrand
40. Chapter 5. The Shadow of Love-The Dark Side of Guru Worship and the Essential Nature of Spiritual Discernment
41. Introduction
42. On Divine Responsibility Interview from The Return of the Mother, adapted from an Interview with Rose Solari in Common Boundary
43. Teachers and Seekers: Interview from Return of the Mother, adapted from an Interview with Catherine Ingram in Yoga Journal
44. Foreword to The Other Side of Eden: Life with John Steinbeck / John Steinbeck IV, Nancy Steinbeck
45. Foreword to Hidden Journey-2011 Edition
46. Chapter 6. The Suffering of Love-The Spiritual Path of the Broken Open Heart
47. Introduction
48. Foreword to Day Breaks Over Dharamsala / Janet Thomas
49. Interview / Janet Thomas
50. Prologue to Sun at Midnight: A Memoir of the Dark Night
51. Introduction to Navigating the Coming Chaos: A Handbook for Inner Transition / Carolyn Baker
52. Transition and Transformation: The Joy of Preparation A Conversation / Carolyn Baker
53. Chapter 7. The Power of Love-Becoming a Sacred Activist in Service of Self, Other, the Planet, and the Divine
54. Introduction
55. The Ordinary Decency of the Heart Interview / Andrew Lawler
56. Sacred Activism Interview / Simran Singh
57. Foreword to New Self, New World / Philip Shepherd
58. Interview / Philip Shepherd
59. Follow Your Heartbreak into the Eye of the Storm A Discussion on Sacred Activism / John Malkin
60. World Crisis, Accountability, and Change A Discussion / Chris Wingate

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For those who yearn for a spirituality that is both deeply personal and globally impactful, and are ready to translate inner wisdom into tangible action, this book is your potent invitation. It's for fusing contemplative life with passionate commitment to justice.

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📔 Questions to reflect on

1. How might your personal spiritual practice deepen if it were directly channeled into a specific form of compassionate action in the world?
2. Consider a global crisis you feel deeply about. What "sacred activism" could you envision yourself undertaking to address it, however small or large?
3. In what ways do you currently experience the "division between heaven and earth, heart and will," and how might embracing radical passion begin to heal these within your own life?

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