Desert Pilgrim En Route to Mysticism and Miracles

Name: Desert Pilgrim En Route to Mysticism and Miracles
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ISBN: 9780142196304

ISBN-10: 0142196304

ISBN-13: 9780142196304

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Authors: Mary Swander

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In this exquisite memoir, critically acclaimed writer Mary Swander recounts her extraordinary trek from suffering to emotional, physical, and spiritual recovery. After a car accident left her almost completely paralyzed and in chronic pain with no medical cure in sight, Swandera lapsed Catholic, without any family to speak ofheaded for New Mexico in search of the alternative medicine that the region is known for. Amid the stark beauty of the desert, she meets two unusual healers: Father Sergei, a Russian Orthodox monk who helps restore her faith, and Lu, a curandera, whose herbal remedies help restore her body. Using her own transcendent experiences, Swander weaves an investigation into the…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/29/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English