Florence Nightingale on Mysticism and Eastern Religions Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, Volume 4 (CWFN) by Gérard Vallée ISBN 13: 9780889204133

Waterloo Ontario Canada Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2003, hardcover. Edited by Gerard Vallee. -- Hardcover. Condition: fine, with fine dust jacket. ISBN 0889204136

Hardback. New. Mysticism and Eastern Religions, the fourth volume in the Collected Works and the third on Nightingale's religion, begins with the publication for the first time of Florence Nightingale's Notes on Devotional Authors of the Middle Ages, translations from and comments on the medieval (and some later) mystics who nourished her own life of faith. Next come her annotations of and comments on the Imitation of Christ, a book to which she turned in times of distress. The largest part of the volume consists of her Letters from Egypt, written 1849-50, a significant period in her own intellectual and spiritual development. Here we provide (for the first time) complete publication and include (also for the first time) material preparatory for the trip and reflections on it over the later years. The last section reports Nightingale's correspondence and journal notes on Eastern religions, mainly Hinduism. The Series and the Set The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale comprises all… Read More

Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr, 2003. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 568 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches.

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