{"product_id":"simone-weil-on-the-lords-prayer-1","title":"Simone Weil, On the Lord's Prayer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productExcerpt\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productExcerpt\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eOn The Lord’s Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecollects two essays on the power of devotion by the influential mystic philosophers Saint Teresa of Ávila and Simone Weil. Reflecting on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePater Noster\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprayer, the authors articulate an urgency of attention that floods all pretenses of our heartbroken present. With a new introduction to Weil’s text by the poet Ariana Reines.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHailed by her posthumous publisher Albert Camus as “the only great spirit of our time,” the French theologian, philosopher and political activist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimone Weil\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1909-1943) is now widely recognized as a patron saint of modern spirituality. Her writings such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGravity and Grace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eadvance a metaphysics of ascetic worship rooted in literature, Gnostic Christianity and anarchist politics. She died at age 34 of malnourishment, in solidarity with those living under German occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic and religious reformer,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaint Teresa of Ávila\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1515-1582) sustained profound states of divine union, documented in her writings, teachings and famously, a seraphic transverberation sculpted by Bernini. The first woman to be elevated to doctor of the Church, her works of poetry, autobiography and spiritual counsel form a major corpus of ecstatic meditation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Salem, MA, United States,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAriana Reines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a poet, playwright and translator working in the deep wellsprings of language and the mystic. Her recent writings include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWave of Blood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2025);\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2025); and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Sand Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2019), winner of the 2020 Kingsley Tufts Prize and longlisted for the National Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hanuman Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476512936271,"sku":"PK2552","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/3068\/6031\/files\/PKB_5298.jpg?v=1786718625","url":"https:\/\/publicknowledgebooks.com\/products\/simone-weil-on-the-lords-prayer-1","provider":"Public Knowledge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}