Divining the Body: Reclaim the Holiness of Your Physical Self
Divining the Body: Reclaim the Holiness of Your Physical Self by Jan Phillips (SkyLightPaths, 2005, $16.99) draws connectionsbetween the bone, muscle and sinew of thebody and the spiritual teachings of variousfaith traditions, modern scientific researchand the author's own experience. (The Mennonite2005-05-03)Divining the Body: Reclaim the Holiness of Your Physical Self by Jan Phillips. Discover a new way to view the female body - as a path to the divine. "A journey of awe and reverence through the body's sacred terrain to understand the roles each part plays in manifesting the sacred within. Jan Phillips has traveled through the hidden countries of our soul to return with wisdom to awaken the world.Exercise and meditations that show how to climb back into your body and honor it as the temple of God that it is. (The Messenger2006-06-01)Divining The Body: Reclaim The Holiness Of Your Physical Self by award-winning author Jan Phillips is a spiritual self-help guide specially for women. Written to counter a negative culture of self-hatred by cultivating appreciation for the holy qualities of the physical body as God's temple, Divining the Body focuses on different physical parts chapter by chapter: the feet, legs, hands, back, generative organs, belly, heart, breasts, throat, ears, eyes and brain. Exercises and reflections offer means to dwell upon the sacredness in the body as a gift from God, and spiritual quotes in the margins from a wide assortment of authorities enrich this guidet of life-affirming personal contemplation.(Betsy L. HoganThe MidWest Book Review2005-08-01)"Potent insight, profound information, spirited practices, all wrapped up in sumptuous prose make this work a gift that will keep on giving. The author has traveled deep into the hidden countries of body and mind and returns with wisdom to awaken the world and time. Each page sings the truth of ourselves as embodied spirit."—Jean Houston, PhD, author ofA Passion for the Possible“If you have ever wondered how the human body went from being a 'temple of God' to being ‘dirty,’ read this book. Richly researched, embodied in full, this book befriends our bodies and souls.”—Rev. Donna Schaper, author ofSacred Speech: A Practical Guide for Keeping Spirit in Your Speech“A wonderful meditation on the body as the temple of God, from our feet to our brains. The exercises are excellent and help us understand the roles each part plays in manifesting the sacred within.”—Ana Hernández, author ofThe Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice, and member of HARC