Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking a- 9780199927814, Lane, hardcover

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Embark on a profound spiritual journey through the wilderness with "Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking as Spiritual Practice." This compelling narrative by Belden C. Lane explores the intersection of solitary treks in the Ozarks and American Southwest with the wisdom of great spiritual writers. Discover how the discipline of backpacking cultivates essential spiritual skills like paying attention, traveling light, practicing silence, and exercising wonder. Lane masterfully weaves together reflections on spiritual classics from diverse traditions—Celtic, Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Hindu, and Sufi Muslim—with vivid descriptions of the natural world. "Backpacking with the Saints" reveals how solitude, simplicity, and mindfulness are illuminated by backcountry wandering, transforming the wilderness into an "ecology of the soul." This hardback edition offers an intimate and down-to-earth exploration of finding the divine in nature and the profound connection between the trail and one's inner landscape. Key Features: * An intimate narrative of backpacking alone through the wilderness as a spiritual practice. * Offers lively reflections on the great spiritual classics from a wide range of faiths alongside vivid portraits of the natural landscape. * Explores how the discipline of backpacking hones crucial spiritual skills: paying attention, traveling light, practicing silence, and exercising wonder. * Demonstrates how solitude and mindfulness are encouraged by backcountry wandering. Product Summary: Backpacking with the Saints, Wilderness Hiking as Spiritual Practice, Belden C. Lane, Oxford University Press, Hardback, 288 pages, English, ISBN 9780199927814, Spiritual Practice, Wilderness Hiking, Solitary Treks, Nature, Mindfulness.