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The Desert Pilgrim
En Route to Mysticism and Miracles
by Mary Swander
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ISBN9781888160338
$19.95, 6 x 9, 290pgs, ppb,
new release, Oct. 2008
purchase on-line

This re-release of a classic includes a new Afterword, as well as cover and improved design. All to helping to further this vital and important exploration of mysticism and miracles. A fascinating journey toward emotional, physical and spiritual recovery amid the stark desert beauty of the American southwest, spurred on by two unlikely healers: Father Sergei, a Russian Orthodox monk, and Lu, a curandera, using herbal remedies.

Upcoming events:

December 13, Beaverdale Books, 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa

Previous:
October 17th: Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City, 7 pm

October 23-25th: American Academy of Religion Conference in Chicago

“I became involved with Mary Swander’s spiritual journey through her wonderful memoirs. Mary embraces Curanderismo, Mexican healing experiences and philosophies of holistic healing which includes mind, body and spirit. Her journey from the Midwest to New Mexico offers an understanding of the power of faith and the curative value of herbs.”
— Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, Healing with Herbs and Rituals:A Mexican Tradition (University of New Mexico Press)

“Swander’s writing is deceptively simple: direct, grounded, and practical, yet dense with details that evoke the beauty of the desert, the real poverty and suffering of the barrio, and her struggle to engage faithfully and honestly with the violence and oppression as well as the deep wisdom of the Christian tradition.”—Jonna Higgins-Freese, Prairiewoods Spirituality Center

“Through her experiences in New Mexico, Swander reclaims her faith and finds a mooring that had been absent during her life in Iowa. Meditation, prayer, and the unstinting wisdom and support of Father Sergei and Lu provide just the right healing milieu. Eventually, she is able to cast aside her cane and walk on her own power. This memoir is highly recommended!
— Spirituality and Health Magazine

“This poet-pilgrim joins a literary tradition of others before her who journeyed through the dark nights of doubt to the convinced light of faith. This is a beautifully written book.” —Publishers Weekly