~~Amma Syncletica
This is the final Desert Wisdom blog as I have essentially exhausted my resources during the past three years.
Fortunately, books on the wisdom of the desert mothers and fathers abound. I imagine they would all find it wonderfully ironic as it was their goal to possess, like Jesus, as little as possible. Yet, there were still those in their own infinite wisdom that had enough foresight to collect the sayings of these men and women and pass them on.
And Thank God that they did so because over the centuries there have been multitudes who have benefited from the wisdom of our desert fathers and mothers.
In creating this blog, I have depended on half a dozen books or so and continue to add more to my "library."
The books I use include:
The Wisdom of the Desert
by Thomas Merton
Orthodox Prayer Life:
The Interior Way
by Matthew the Poor
The Desert Fathers:
Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
by Benedicta Ward
Desert Father:
A Journey in the Wilderness
with Saint Anthony
by James Cowan
The Forgotten Desert Mothers
by Laura Swan
The Desert Mothers:
Spiritual Practices from the Women of the Wilderness
by Mary C. Earle
Soulmaking
by Alan Jones
