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Illuminata

Sep 21, 2024 7:01 AM

Author:Marianne Williamson

Illuminata

Prayer is practical, Marianne Williamson tells us, and Illuminata brings prayers into our daily lives, with prayers on topics from releasing anger to finding forgiveness, from finding great love to achieving intimacy. There are prayers for couples, for parents and for children, prayers to mend broken relationships and prayers to overcome obsessive and compulsive love.

There are prayers to heal the soul, prayers to heal the body and prayers for work and creativity. Another section includes rites of passage, ceremonies of light for the important events in our lives: blessings of the newborn, coming of age, marriage and death.

'Read my prayers or someone elses's' Marianne Williamson says.

'By all means create your own.'

Illuminata is a way to bring prayer into practical use, creating a sweeter, more abundant life for yourself and the people you care about.

'No conventional therapy' she says, 'can release us from a deep and abiding psychic pain. Through prayer we find what we cannot find elsewhere: a peace this is not of this world.'

Reviews

A spiritual classic... A book to read and reread, to cherish, and to give to friends

—— Joan Borysenko, author of Fire in the Soul

A gripping adventure story filled with intrigue, suspense and spiritual revelations

—— Commonwealth Journal

A fabulous book about experiencing life... I couldn't put it down

—— Elisabeth Kubler Ross, M.D., author

If you've ever wondered what the formula is for an "inspirational" bestseller, with promising potential for cult status, look no further

—— Guardian

A beginner's guide to the science behind mindfulness

—— Sunday Times

This witty, smart and accessible read should be top of your reading list

—— Closer

If the idea of mindfulness has always seemed a bit wishy-washy, you'll be pleased to know Ruby Wax once felt the same way. Now the comedienne has written a guide to mindfulness that is a sensible way to cope with stress

—— Yours Magazine

Well timed and combines a theoretical, practical and personal account of mindfulness... an easy, uplifting, humorous read

—— The Psychologist

An accessible guide to mindfulness from the comedian and cognitive therapist

—— S magazine, Sunday Express

[Ruby] has turned her own experiences into a life-affirming message for others

—— Sandi Toksvig on 'Sane New World'

She can make your ribs ache with laughter [and then] wrench your head round to see the darkness in the world and how to deal with it. No-one deserves to be recognised more... I adore her.

—— Joanna Lumley on 'Sane New World'

Ruby Wax has an extraordinary mind, and she has brought it to bear with trademark wit and searing honesty... A ruby beyond price

—— Stephen Fry on 'Sane New World'

Through humor and unbridled truth, Ruby Wax shares her journey to mindfulness, illuminating how it can improve our state of mind and change our brain for a healthier, happier life

—— Goldie Hawn on 'Sane New World'

Ruby Wax is brave, generous and hilarious - the perfect guide on a tour of the brain

—— Arianna Huffington on 'Sane New World'

Finally - a map for the troubled human mind. And it's funny

—— Caitlin Moran on 'Sane New World'

Witty, wise and thought-provoking

—— Nigella Lawson on 'Sane New World'

Wonderful, painfully funny and instructive

—— Allison Pearson on 'Sane New World'

A very funny book about how to be calm and poised and not bonkers

—— Helen Fielding on 'Sane New World'

This manual for living must be read by everyone

—— Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis at UCL on 'Sane New World'

Ruby Wax combines neuroscience with her usual eloquence, clarity and humour

—— Marjorie Wallace CBE, founder of SANE, on 'Sane New World'

...Royally hauls a stigmatised fact of life kicking and laughing into the open

—— The Times on 'Sane New World'