A Pool of Reflections for the Refreshment of Travellers on the Spiritual Path

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Titles, author's preface & contents list to front. Raynor Carey Johnson was an English-born Australian parapsychologist, physicist, philosopher and author. Johnson was interested in topics such as mysticism, psychic phenomena, & the nature of human consciousness & through his interest in parapsychology, became connected with the Society for Psychical Research in London. “I have gathered together a few reflections from the surface of a quiet lake in a dark valley through which I have travelled ... The sensitive insights of many poets have enabled me to capture these reflections more than prose could ever hope to do” Dr Raynor Johnson claims that when an individual soul begins to awaken and ask questions - particularly when the ego has pursued pleasure and power in many forms and has been at last disillusioned by them there arises a profound discontent with the world. A person asks, 'To what end?' 'What's the use?' 'Is anything worth while?' The discovery has to be made by each individual that until we accept this life as a training-school for the soul, as a means only to a sublime end, which is knowledge of, and union with God, we shall not find peace of either heart or mind. 'We may discover, however: he writes, 'that if work is done as unselfish service, i.e., offered wholly to God, this will minister to the growth of character. Where it is done for the satisfaction of the ego-self it makes no contribution to the soul's progress.'  Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 189 pages. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. black cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Religion & Theology; Spirituality; Poetry; Literature & Literary; Philosophy. ISBN: 034019247X. ISBN/EAN: 9780340192474. Dewey Code: 291.42. Inventory No: 5020. . 9780340192474