Deliverance of the Spellbound God

Marie-Laure Valandro, the author of Camino Walk and Letters from Florence and a long-time student of Anthroposophy, takes readers on yet another journey--this one more inward.

Marie-Laure begins this journey with a Vipassana Buddhist retreat in southern Qu bec with the well-known meditation teacher, Goenka. The meditation retreat becomes the touchstone of the author's travels, while Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy serves as the ground. The author describes the spiritual dimensions of her travels in India and Europe, while always returning to her deep understanding of Steiner's spiritual science.

As always in Marie-Laure's writing, in Deliverance of the Spellbound God we discover the sublime in the ordinary, and wisdom in even the most foolish of situations. In her descriptions of people and places, as well as in the details of her travels, she shows how we can look outward to know ourselves, and look inward to know the world.

Deliverance of the Spellbound God offers gifts of wisdom from an extraordinary life lived.

C O N T E N T S

East: Preparation

Initiation

Adjustment

Persevering on the Eastern Path

West: Discovering Rudolf Steiner

Understanding My Buddhist Practices

Drawing upon Mother India

The Yoga Path and the Westerner

Ancient Practice through Western Eyes

Revisiting My Spiritual Journey

"Yoga of Light"

Full Circle

The Eagle, the Lion, and the Holy Cow

Language of the Heart