Wisdom of the Pearlers: An Anthology of Syriac Christian Mysticism by

Cistercian Studies

Wisdom of the Pearlers: An Anthology of Syriac Christian Mysticism

with Brian E. Colless (Translator)

240 pages paperback

1 edition

nonfiction religion
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The pearlers we meet in this book were early monks of Syria, Mesopotamia (Iraq), and Persia (Iran), They saw themselves as pearl-divers and pearl-merchants searching, through asceticism and prayer, for the precious pearls of mystical experience. T...

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