Introducing new reprints by Gerald Heard: The Creed of Christ The Code
of Christ Training for the Life of the Spirit Prayers and Meditations
""There was a period in my early thirties when these four small books by
Gerald Heard served almost as my bible. I read and reread them, and
invariably found them to be uplifting and inspiring."" - Professor
Huston Smith ""Gerald Heard was an inspiring voice for the life of the
spirit. Wipf & Stock is to be commended that Heard's remarkable work is
being made available to a new generation of spiritual seekers."" - Dr.
William H. Forthman ""These prayers and meditations are traces of an
experiment,"" writes Gerald Heard in his Introduction to Prayers and
Meditations. ""Seven were written by one of our ablest authors."" That
experiment was Trabuco College, which Heard founded in California in
1941. The ablest author was Aldous Huxley, Heard's sometime
co-adventurer in mystical voyages. Along with Huxley's seven
contributions are selections by St. Albert, St. Anselm, Dionysius the
Areopagite, William H. Forthman, and Margaret Gage. Heard penned all the
others. Altogether these powerful reflections, ""are present-day
renderings of those thoughts and feelings which have been rising in men
since they began to reach out to Him who is beyond the senses."" Prayers
and Meditations equips the contemporary spiritual aspirant with a
wellspring of inspirational devotions, ever invoking, ""the desire to
remember constantly the all-pervading, transcendent Presence of God.""
""Here is a book of almost white-hot spiritual intensity. The
meditations are splendid...and often breath-taking in their spiritual
insight."" - Christian Advocate Gerald Heard (1889-1971) was a
well-known author, philosopher, and lecturer. Trained as a historian at
Cambridge, he served as the BBC's first science commentator. Later, in
California, he founded and directed Trabuco College, which advanced
comparative religious studies. His broad philosophical themes and
scintillating oratorical style influenced many people. Heard wrote
thirty-eight books, including his pioneering academic works, several
popular devotional books, and a number of mysteries.
