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# Love is Stronger than Death: The Mystical Union of Two Souls

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## Customer Reviews

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    A Glimpse into the Mystery
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2010*

I am very grateful for the opportunity to read about the special bond between two souls described in Love is Stronger Than Death.  This book is the story of the "mystical union" that developed between Episcopalian priest, author and teacher Cynthia Bourgeault and an older man, a Benedictine monk named Rafe, who was living as a hermit connected to a Benedictine monastery when they met.  It is the unusual love story of two very human people, one of whom is committed to his vow of chastity.  Their physical intimacy goes no farther than a hug--and a scuffle during a fight.  Two people who have suffered difficulty in previous relationships, they have normal human fears and defenses against intimacy.  They also have a mutual commitment to spiritual growth and to the Christian contemplative path.They fall in love.  They discuss prayer, books, contemplative practices.  They exchange gifts and cards.  They have wonderful times together, and they have fights.  During periods of separation, they feel a growing spiritual bond--a subtle mystical union.  Their unusual relationship does not end when Rafe dies.  A commitment bond betweeth their souls has been fored that allows an intimate soul union to continue, for the benefit of both of them and also for the benefit of Cynthia Bougeault's ongoing ministry of teaching and writing.Chapters that tell the story of the relationship between these two people are interspersed with chapters giving Cynthia Bourgeault's theology and esoteric speculations on the particular nature of their soul bond, which she sees as rare and requiring certain particular soul commitments before the death of one partner.  She takes pains to show how this union fits within the understood parameters of orthodox Christianity.It is not necessary to agree with all of Bourgeault's theology and esoteric speculations in order to appreciate the great spiritual learning that is shared in this book.  I read this book while my former sweetheart was dying.  I was drawn to read it because I knew we had a strong and special soul connection and I wondered what might happen after his death.  My sweetheart and I did not make quite the same commitments to each other, not the exclusive sort that Bourgeault describes, yet I experienced a strong sense of continuing soul communication and communion with him after his death, a communion that increasingly became a mutual love in Christ.  Many who read this book may find encouragement to trust more fully in the soul connection they experience with loved ones who have died.  What happens when we enter the divine Mystery at the end of life cannot be explained with precise doctrine or theology.  It is wonderful, however, to read about the actual experience of those who are commited to the spiritual life.  It helps us embrace more fully the Mystery in which we live and move and have our being.Even if you are not particularly wondering about life after death or the nature of a connection between souls, there are many other good reasons to read this book.  Rafe's lessons in spiritual growth are reason enough to spend time with this special book.  This is also a powerful story of two people seeking to support each other in growing beyond the limits of their fears.  In the unusual but very human case described in Love is Stronger Than Death, the two continue to support each other even beyond the limits of death, even into a union that makes them one.Another of Cynthia Bourgealt's books I particularly recommend is Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening. 
  
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening







  
  
     It is a wonderfully helpful guide not only to Centering Prayer, but to the journey of the spiritual life.  I also appreciated the way it described the subtle but powerful way that Centering Prayer is different from Buddhist meditation practices and most forms of meditation that involve a mantra.

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    Yes!
  

*by R***E on Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2022*

I have had TWO amazing soulmates of 18/23 years of marriage die on the same day,  23 years apart. Same day, same hour.Cynthia’s understanding of this intimate, eternal connection is perfect. I am so encouraged by the publication of this book to explain what I experience daily with two beautiful souls.

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    Well worth a second reading
  

*by T***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2010*

Having been a long-time devotee of Cynthia Bourgeault's writing, I am now in my second "read" of "Love is Stronger than Death".  My introduction to her writing was through centering prayer, when I read her excellent discussion of this practice, "Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening". Although I've read virtually all of Fr. Keating's writing on this subject, I found Bourgeault's discussion especially helpful in that it comes from a uniquely feminine perspective.I attended a retreat led by Cynthia at the Trappist Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, GA, and it was at that time I was introduced to much of her other writing.  I was especially moved by this book at that time, so much so that I gave my personal copy to a dear friend who lives in another city.  Thus, when I decided I needed to re-read it, I needed to purchase a new copy, which I recently obtained via Amazon.There is one thing that is extremely valuable to me about this book.  It reinforces a strong conviction I have that we MUST rediscover the divine dimension of erotic love.  A number of other books that I've reviewed for Amazon, including Kittredge Cherry's "Jesus in Love" and "At the Cross" novels and John McNeill's "Sex as God Intended", are also powerful testimonies to the vital concept that not only does God not consider eroticism evil, but that humans are intended to respond to the creative forces of the universe at all levels, including -- perhaps most especially -- through the power of erotic love.

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