{"product_id":"gnostic-book-hours-june-singer-9780892540679","title":"Gnostic Book of Hours by June Singer","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eGnostic Book of Hours: Keys to Inner Wisdom | June Singer\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the Nag Hammadi Library, thought to have been written during the first two centuries c.e., are ancient texts written by a group who called themselves the Gnostics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eJune Singer has recast the wisdom found in these texts into a book of hours, the traditional framework for an ongoing meditative practice.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts purpose is to enable readers to maintain an awareness of the presence of the divine mystery within the everyday world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Gnostic Book of Hours\u003c\/i\u003e is divided into eight \"offices\" or prayers for different parts of the day: matins (midnight), lauds (daybreak), prime (beginning of the workday), terce, sext, none (the \"little hours\" during the work day), vespers (sundown) and compline (retiring to sleep). For each office, Singer has selected a text for each day of the week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eShe annotates and interprets the ancient text and makes it relevant to today's readers.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There are many paths to the holy,\" writes Singer, \"and each of us must find our own. Each path leads through differing labyrinthine ways. Yet all come to the same center, the kingdom within. There the nameless One who is called by many names awaits us.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48076989301051,"sku":"0892540672","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780892540679.jpg?v=1777586942","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/gnostic-book-hours-june-singer-9780892540679","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}