Gifts of the Desert
KYRIACOS C. MARKIDES is an internationally respected authority on esoteric Christianity. He has written several books on Christian mysticism, includingThe Mountain of Silence, Riding with the Lion,andThe Magus of Strovolos,the first volume in a trilogy on healers and mystics. Dr. Markides is a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, where he lives with his wife, Emily.