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Burnham, Sophy was born on December 12, 1936 in Baltimore. Daughter of George Cochran and Sophy Tayloe (Snyder) Doub.
(In this rich and deeply personal book, Sophy Burnham uses...)
In this rich and deeply personal book, Sophy Burnham uses her own momentous journey into mystical awareness to show readers a contemporary path for experiencing divine energy, guidance, and inspiration. Historically, mystical experiences have been available to only a select few. But just as Sophy Burnham made angels accessible to contemporary readers, she now demystifies mysticism and shows the many different paths readers can follow in their everyday lives for powerful spiritual encounters. Threaded through her own story, Burnham gives us scores of firsthand accounts of mystical encounters as recorded by ordinary people today, as well as by saints, seers, ecstatics, and holy men and women of every faith. Burnham insightfully and comfortingly shows how their journeys--and ours--are similar, sharing a subtle, unnamed longing; passing through various stages of prayer, introspection, and spiritual awareness; and opening into a single transformative moment of clarity and connection. In addition, Burnham delves into the physical side of mystical awareness, describes the age-old practices that invite mystical awareness, and points out the landmarks that one passes on this extraordinary spiritual journey.
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(In this rich & deeply personal book, the author describes...)
In this rich & deeply personal book, the author describes her own arduous & momentous journey into mystical awareness. She gives us scores of first-hand accounts of mystical encounters as recorded by ordinary people today, as well as by saints, seers, ecstatics, & holy men & women of every faith. In addition, she delves into the physical side of mystical experience, such as levitation & psychic ability, & warns against an overemphasis on such powers. She also describes the practices that invite mystical experience -- prayer & fasting, meditation, ascetic discipline -- & points out the landmarks that one passes on this spiritual journey.
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The Landed Gentry is a collection of insider tales of inherited wealth and of the silver chains that bind those born into the American aristocracy."Burnham is an excellent gossip...her tales of school are not mean or nasty, so much as revealing of her subjects."Palm Beach Life
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(Money and power in the contemporary art world of dealers,...)
Money and power in the contemporary art world of dealers, collectors, artists and museums. Funny, bitchy, insightful, revealing it changed the way the art world did business."A lot of dynamite."John Canady"Gossipy reading that explodes a well-documented firecracker."Publishers Weekly"Delicious reading."Hal Burton
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A gorgeous new edition of the New York Times bestseller that has sold more than a million copies. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A golden conjunction of heaven and earth...reminding us that there are angels in every religion." -The Washington Post "As far as angels are concerned, now you see them, now you don't. A Book of Angels gives us a lovely, sustained glimpse." -Chicago Tribune When Sophy Burnham wrote A Book of Angels, she inspired a phenomenon. An instant bestseller when it was originally published in 1990, this beautiful book not only tells the extraordinary true stories of present-day encounters with angels, but also traces the study of angels throughout history and in different cultures. Burnham writes about the powerful male angels, Buddhist bodhisattvas, Islamic angels, Hindu Apsaras, the mysterious angels of the Jewish Kabbalah, cherubim, seraphim, guardian angels, the angel of death, and others. What are angels? What do they look like? Whom do they choose to visit? Why do they appear sometimes and not others, and would you recognize one if it appeared before you? With great feeling, Burnham offers an eloquent report from the place where earth and heaven meet. A wondrous journey into the world of angels, this book is a song of praise to life.
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(The Dogwalker is the story of a passionate little girl wh...)
The Dogwalker is the story of a passionate little girl who gets a job walking the dog of the Secretary of State. When the terrorists steal the dog to plant a bomb in its collar to blow up the Secretary and the Geneva Peace Talks, it's Cocky who must save the day...and world -- a love story and a dog story.
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(Publication Date: 1997 For millennia, mysticism has sprea...)
Publication Date: 1997 For millennia, mysticism has spread a special radiance over humanity. Today interest in mystical practices is increasing, and just as Sophy Burnham first focused modern awareness on the presence of angels in our lives, she now explores the drama and mystery of mystical experiences, and their power to change our lives. In this rich and deeply personal book, Burnham describes her own arduous and momentous journey into mystical awareness--the rowing toward God, as she calls it. That journey began with a subtle, unnamed longing, passed through various stages of prayer and spiritual awareness, and broke open in a single transformative moment at the ancient Peruvian site of Machu Picchu. Threaded through her own story, Burnham gives us scores of first-hand accounts of mystical encounters as recorded by ordinary people today, as well as by saints, seers, ecstatics, and holy men and women of every faith. In addition, Burnham delves into the physical side of mystical experience--levitation, elevated body temperature, psychic ability--and warns against an overemphasis on such powers. She also describes the age-old practices that invite mystical experience--prayer and fasting, meditation, ascetic discipline--and points out the landmarks that one passes on this extraordinary spiritual journey. Passionate, beautifully written, and comprehensive, The Ecstatic Journey is a feast of fact and myth, knowledge and wisdom, that will nourish and enlighten every spiritual voyager.
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(If you are looking for guidance on how to craft a sentenc...)
If you are looking for guidance on how to craft a sentence or find a literary agent this book is not for you. Rather, here is a map for traveling the emotion-laden path that is the creative process. In For Writer's Only, bestselling author and playwright, Sophy Burnham weaves the insights of some of the greatest writers with her own observations and experiences to provide inspiration and encouragement for writers everywhere. Burnham wrote this book for herself when she was in a particularly dark period, unable to get any of her work published. She wanted to know, how did the Great Masters, the immortals, do it? How did they combat discouragement, despair, rejection, dismissal, defeat? Did they write every day? What counsel and advice did they have to offer? In this book, you will discover the strange places authors have found they work best (Agatha Christie plotted her books in her bathtub, eating apples); the surprising diversions they use to escape the project they are working on (Anne Beattie used to vacuum rather than write); and why Faulkner famously asserted, "If a story is in you, it has got to come out." The truth is that the act of being creative is a difficult-even violent-process. Whether you read this book in one gulp from cover to cover, or simply pick it and read a few pages at those times when your are blocked, you will find yourself renewed, restored, re-heartened, and ready to race back to your own writing, your creative center.
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Burnham, Sophy was born on December 12, 1936 in Baltimore. Daughter of George Cochran and Sophy Tayloe (Snyder) Doub.
Bachelor cum laude, Smith College, 1958.
Aquisitions editor, David McKay, Inc., New York City, 1971-1973; contributing editor, Town and Country magazine, New York City, 1975-1980; contributing editor, New Art Examiner magazine, Washington, 1985-1986; contributing editor, Museum and Arts/Washington, 1987-1989; contributing editor, New Woman magazine, 1984-1990; executive director, Fund for New American Plays, 1992-1996. Speaker in field; author, playwright, Washington, since 1970.
(In this rich and deeply personal book, Sophy Burnham uses...)
(In her bestselling first book about the beautiful presenc...)
(The Landed Gentry is a collection of insider tales of inh...)
(In this rich & deeply personal book, the author describes...)
(The Dogwalker is the story of a passionate little girl wh...)
(If you are looking for guidance on how to craft a sentenc...)
(A gorgeous new edition of the New York Times bestseller t...)
(Publication Date: 1997 For millennia, mysticism has sprea...)
(Money and power in the contemporary art world of dealers,...)
(Money and power in the contemporary art world of dealers,...)
(For millennia, mysticism has spread a special radiance ov...)
(1978 Putnam Press Hardcover with Dust Jacket)
("I see but one rule: to be clear." Stendhal If only it we...)
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(The Art Crowd)
Member literature panel District of Columbia Arts and Humanities Commission, 1986, 87. Founding member The Studio Theatre, 1978-1980, Chairman, Board Of Directors, 1979-1980. Founding member District of Columbia Community Humanities Council, 1979-1985, vice chair 1979-1980.
Member Women's International Theatre Alliance (secretary 1979-1981), Octagon Committee (board directors 1984-1989), Cosmos Club.
Married David B. Burnham, March 12, 1960 (divorced 1984). Children: Sarah Tayloe, Molly Bright.