The Red Book by Sera J Beak

The Red Book by Sera J Beak

The Red Book is nothing less than a spiritual fire starter -- a combustible cocktail of Hindu Tantra and Zen Buddhism, Rumi and Carl Jung, goddesses and psychics, shaken with cosmic nudges, meaningful subway rides, haircuts, relationships, sex, dreams, and intuition.

Beak, a religious scholar and writer for the San Francisco Chronicle Web site, sfgatecom, presents a brief but potent book focused on invigorating spirituality in the 20- or 30-something American woman. She vividly criticizes the patriarchal interpretation that has dominated most belief systems for centuries, and then quickly moves on to create her own feminist one. Beak encourages her female audience to do so as well, with their own "red book" modeled after hers, which was first given her as a birthday gift by her sister after their grandfather's death. Beak initially rejected the idea of keeping a journal, but soon found herself writing down prayers, recording dreams and in essence keeping a spiritual scrapbook. Avoiding the typical sentimentality, Beak's vision is a modern, femme fatale spirituality. The book lives up to its "unorthodox" subtitle, advocating that young women search for the spiritual in all things, even sex (memorably in a chapter called "Open Up and Say Ahh"). Beak calls herself a "spiritual cowgirl," taking her readers along for the ride. Her writing is probably too brazen for more conservative spiritual readers, but she displays poignant insights throughout. (June 16) (Publishers Weekly, February 27, 2006)

The Author

Sera Beak is a world-traveled, Harvard-trained scholar of mysticism and comparative religion and an intrepid spiritual cowgirl.

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ISBN 13	9780787980542
ISBN 10	0787980544
Title	The Red Book
Author	Sera J Beak
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published	2006-07-28
Number of pages	320
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