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Mirabai Starr



Mirabai Starr is an American author, teacher, and translator of sacred literature. She writes and speaks on the teachings of the mystics, feminine wisdom, and the transformative power of grief and loss, and she is a leading voice in the interspiritual movement.

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Mother of God Similar to Fire

Fifty selected images by renowned icon-painter William Hart McNichols are illuminated by Mirabai Starr’s lyrical prose-poems to help make the eternal figure of Mary vibrantly accessible.

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William Hart McNichols (icons), Mirabai Starr (reflections)
2016
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Celebrating Female Mystics

A modern-day theologian gets this long-overdue party started.

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Mirabai Starr
2019
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Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir of Loss and Transformation

On the day her first book came out―a new translation of “Dark Night of the Soul” by Saint John of the Cross―Mirabai Starr’s daughter, Jenny, was killed in a car accident. “My spiritual life began the day my daughter died,” writes Mirabai.

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Mirabai Starr
2015
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All Will Be Well: The Radical Optimism of Julian of Norwich

Every moment is an opportunity to remember that we are perfectly loved and perfectly lovable, just as we are.

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Mirabai Starr
2014
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Keeping the Sabbath . . . Radical

The intention to unplug from “ordinary time” and drop into sanctified time functions as an alchemical transmutation.

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Mirabai Starr
2013
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Loss & Longing: Grief as a Spiritual Path

"There's almost no difference, in a heart that's broken open anyway, between a deeply personal loss and our grief for the pain of the world." Presentation by Mirabai Starr in the Rector's Forum at All Saints Church on Sunday, October 8, 2017.

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Mirabai Starr
2017
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Teresa of Avila: The Book of My Life

Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) is one of the most beloved of the Catholic saints. In 1562, during the era of the Spanish Inquisition, Teresa sat down to write an account of the mystical experiences for which she had become famous.

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Teresa of Ávila, Mirabai Starr (translator)
2008
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My God-Of-Love Life: Interspiritual Wisdom for a Unified World

The God I love celebrates humanity in all our disguises, and makes a direct correlation between our relationships with one another and our relationship with him. All the great wisdom teachings point to this.

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Mirabai Starr
2012
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The Fierce Feminine

Deepen in the courageous gifts of the Fierce Feminine to cut through denial and illusion, speak and act from wisdom, and help birth a new future for all. Discover your liberated power to stand for truth, justice, and love and guide humanity out of an unprecedented “Dark Night.”

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On Demand
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Mirabai Starr: Bees in the Garden—Cultivating Your Interspiritual Nature

In this session, we will follow the streams of mystical longing and social justice that emanate from and return to the heart of the world’s religious traditions.

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Mirabai Starr
2014
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