Matter of Spirit

"This is a new, exciting, gentle approach to the Spiritual Journey. Having just finished [Matter of Spirit], I feel as though I have experienced lovely, scented Spring breezes wafting through my soul. Anyone, at any stage of their spiritual journey, will be able to benefit from this book. The most difficult questions and philosophical issues are dealt with in simple language and new, fresh metaphors. The author beckons one to journey with her, to explore one's own journey, to re-examine one's conclusions and try new ways of experimenting with and exploring one's relationship with the Divine and with other people. My soul has been fed, my Spirit quickened, my physical, material body penetrated by Spirit as my understanding has been stirred to new approaches in every dimension of my being." - Meredith Puryear
	- The late Meredith Puryear was on staff at the Association for Research and Enlightenment, where she coordinated the international Glad Helpers Prayer Healing Group. She lectured internationally and authored Healing through Meditation and Prayer).

"...Matter of Spirit should find its place among other accounts of religious journeys that have proven to be gems of inspiration... The work is written with remarkable simplicity, filled with many encounters with the Holy, and replete with paradoxical, spiritual insights into the nature of human nature and the workings of the Divine. From a purely spiritual point of view, this is a book that truly matters."
- Wendell Charles Beane, PhD.
	- Professor of History of Religions, Emeritus, and former Chair, Department of Religious Studies and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He has been a fellow of the American Institute of Indian Studies and of Pilgrim Institute and has been a visiting scholar at Andover Newton Theological Seminary. He studied under Mircea Eliade, and is co-editor of Myths, Rites, Symbols: A Mircea Eliade Reader (two volumes). Dr. Beane is author of Myth, Cult, and Symbols in Sakto Hinduism and The Truth Within You: Faith, Gnostic Visions, and Christ Consciousness.

"Matter of Spirit gives Christianity a new age voice. Elizabeth Barberi uses her experiences as a 'freelance mystic' to illustrate the classic inner journey. New insights into deep spiritual questions are explained with almost childlike simplicity. It is a short book with much to ponder."
- Ewert Cousins, PhD.
	- Professor (emeritus) of Theology, Fordham University. He was Coordinator of a conference of world religious leaders at the United Nations, Coordinator of two conferences on Interreligious Dialogue and World Peace, and Co-coordinator of six conferences on World Spirituality. For ten years he was Consultant to the Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians. Dr. Cousins worked with Native American tribes ( Pottawatomi and Sioux) and traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East, India, and the Far East. He has authored three books and ninety-eight articles. Dr. Cousins is General Editor of the 25-volume series World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest, and Consulting Editor of the 105-volume series The Classics of Western Spirituality.

"Matter of Spirit is a beautiful, ecstatic expression of Barberi's connection with the Divine, and how spirituality can transform human life."
- Larry Dossey, M.D.
	- Author of Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine and Healing Beyond the Body.

"It is a road map for confused men and women of our age to the greatest of God's gardens, the garden of peace lit by God's love. I urge it to everyone who wishes to know peace here and later... Elizabeth Barberi is a woman of astounding insight, compassion and spiritual understanding. You get to know her and her clear, even pleasantly straightforward passion for God's peace by reading her book."
- Ben Stein
	- Ben Stein is a quiz show host and talk show host who has also acted in T.V., commercials and films. He has been a lawyer for two U.S. presidents and for the Federal Trade Commission. He has taught at American University, University of California at Santa Cruz and Pepperdine University. He has authored sixteen books, and his articles have been widely published in many newspapers and magazines.

"...I recommend that others take, taste, and grow."
- Alvord Beardslee
	- Professor of Bible, Theology, Ethics, Emeritus, Hollins University.