The Marian Way of Heart Knowledge: From Mary Through St. John's Gospel to Rudolf Steiner's Philosophy of Freedom Neill Reilly Author

This book guides the reader into and through the mystery of Mary as she appears in the New Testament, especially her equanimity and affirmative openness to life-both its gifts and its sorrows. As J. Bruce Murphy points out in his foreword, The theme ... Read more

This book guides the reader into and through the mystery of Mary as she appears in the New Testament, especially her equanimity and affirmative openness to life-both its gifts and its sorrows. As J. Bruce Murphy points out in his foreword, The theme of this book is to show that these holy mysteries are not allegory, poetry, or simple fantasy. Rather, they are actual facts that can be known and experienced by each of us, and mere sense-bound intellect will not suffice for us to reach an understanding of these mysteries. Or, as Rudolf Steiner tells us in The Philosophy of Freedom, knowledge itself shall become organically alive. Neill Reilly shows how devotion and thinking with the heart-the Marian way of heart knowing-can guide us on our path toward true freedom. And, what better help could we ever have than Mary, the Gospel of St. John, and The Philosophy of Freedom. Less