Seraphim Sigrist

The human spirit is indeed under attack and is being "suffocated" by a world (according to Huston Smith) that is "dominated by materialism, consumerism, educational elitism, and government and legal systems without morality". Bishop Sigrist writes as not only Priest in Theology of Wonder, but as Poet/Warrior as well. This book sits next to my collection of Mattie Stepanek poetry and I regard both authors as spiritual brothers. The Bishop's writing is filled with illuminations of the Holy Spirit throughout and one considers the writing at times to be written, as Blake proclaimed of his own verse, in Heaven itself-it remains a gift of Light and Hope for us all. The reader is lifted into a world of transcendence as eternity becomes now-I found myself moved with the "gift of tears" after only reading several pages. Theology of Wonder is perhaps one of the most important books that I have ever read.… (mehr)