“Despite the obvious contradictions,
complexity, and apparent randomness that assault any human
being day after day, everything is somehow nevertheless
connected, orchestrated. The universe is filled with
meaning….
In Jewish mysticism, the river is a
metaphor for the Holy Oneness that unifies all creation. Just
imagine it: a sacred stream, luminous and ubiquitous, a river
of light.”
—from the Preface to the Anniversary
Edition
This is an invitation to wade into a
deeper spiritual consciousness. Taking us step-by-step, Kushner
helps us to allow “the river of light”—the
deepest currents of consciousness—to rise to the surface
and animate our lives.
“A very important book, applying
Jewish concepts to contemporary living in particularly creative
and suggestive ways.”
—Rabbi
Adin Steinsaltz, Jerusalem
Kabbalist and Talmudic scholar
“Philosophy and mystical
fantasy…exhilarating speculative flights launched
from the Bible…. Anybody—Jewish, Christian, or
otherwise…will find this book an intriguing
experience.”
—The
Kirkus Reviews
“Rich, bright, mystical, and
intellectual in one…and a wonderful window for Christian
readers into Jewish spirituality that is both rooted in the
tradition and transcends it by depth.”
—Rt. Rev.
Krister Stendahl, former dean,
Harvard Divinity School;
Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm
Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm
“All those who enjoyed Lawrence
Kushner’s Honey from the Rock
will plunge into his River of Light and
emerge from it enchanted: The author’s imagination is
matched only by the reader’s desire to enter the hidden
world of their common mystical memory.”
—Elie
Wiesel
