In a time when we long for connection to spirit, for meaning, and for wisdom, this spiritual memoir offers a luminous invitation. It opens the possibility for change and insight and offers a clear blueprint as to how to develop an evolutionary faith.
—The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress, author of Walking a Sacred Path
On a Spiritual Path: My Labyrinthine Journey portrays an evolution from established religion to a vibrant spirituality and the discovery that no one has a monopoly on goodness or faith. Based on her lifetime of seeking, the author guides readers to begin or deepen their own spiritual quest and find healing and forgiveness through careful examination of key life experiences. Stories, reflections, and examination of life challenges and learning show how the author uncovered the bones of her own spiritual journey in a process unfolding over almost eighty years. She shares the experience of not finding spiritual fulfillment in church-based orthodoxy, and the ensuing search to discover spiritual truth and connection, along with thoughtful reframing of key life moments. And the author shares her discovery of spirals, circles, labyrinths and medicine wheels as tools for a spiritual quest.
The book has seven sections each focused on a particular phase of the author’s soul journey:
Awakening: The Early Seeds
Connecting
Detecting Patterns: Lessons from the Universe
Shifting
Seeking and Knowing
Reflecting, Deepening, Integrating, and Transforming: The Seventh Cycle
Continuing The Labyrinthine Path
With a compelling narrative and a guide for readers, the book is a great resource for those who wish to undertake or deepen their spiritual quest. Readers can follow a step-by-step prototype, work with suggested questions and topics for deep reflection and see how reframing life stories to look for the learning can be transformative. The book will offer inspiration to many in today’s world who are moving away from or were never connected to organized religion, but who are seeking to understand and embrace their own life’s spiritual journey. The author’s own story and powerful testimony will help others reframe their experiences, perspectives and stories to grow personally while finding their true path forward.
Excerpt
Angels touch us constantly, altering the way things are and co-creating new possibilities. In my seventies, I can look back on many angels who brought grace to my life, and in that looking back with the wisdom of hindsight, Tina shines forth. Read more from Chapter One: The Pinkie Touch.
Praise for On a Spiritual Path
Carolyn Sanzone has crafted a moving and generous memoir that touched me deeply. Part story, part spiritual guidebook, this memoir offers a rare gift—the invitation to turn one’s flown life into a source of wisdom and love. Through reflections, imagery, and a lifetime of learning, the author models how reframing our stories from a higher perspective can heal the past and reveal the soul’s deeper purpose.
—Joan Borysenko, PhD, author of Pocketful of Miracles and Your Soul’s Compass
Carolyn Sanzone embraces the labyrinth as a living path into the spiritual. Along her journey, she reveals a progression of stories marked by continual seeking, a hunger for learning and understanding, a willingness to begin again and go deeper, and the resilience to move forward with conviction and strength. Follow the path of her stories and you’ll witness the labyrinth of her life unfolding.
In a time when we long for connection to spirit, for meaning, and for wisdom, this spiritual memoir offers a luminous invitation. It opens the possibility for change and insight and offers a clear blueprint as to how to develop an evolutionary faith.
—The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress, author of Walking a Sacred Path
Like the archetypical Fool, this book depicts the author’s willingness to venture out on life’s path, seeking to grow and mature from each experience and always following the inspiration of the Divine. On a Spiritual Path: My Labyrinthine Journey illustrates a life lived with a spirit of adventure, a commitment to discover and own the truth, and a surrender to the transformation that awaits one on such a journey. There is magic in the experiences and discoveries shared with the reader, who will be inspired to begin or deepen a similar journey.
—Sheilaa L Hite, author of The Infinite Tarot