Psalms Breathing: Meditating the Psalms with Music, Movement and Silence

by Louis Gruber


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 01/12/2000

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 8.25x11
Page Count : 456
ISBN : 9781587215858

About the Book

Psalms Breathing is not another book about the psalms, of which there are many, but a companion for those who would go deep within the psalms, abandon all preconceived notions, and hear them, hear through them, to the voice of God. It is a practice that I call walking the psalms, going beyond the intellect, beyond words, toward listening, surrender, poverty in spirit, wisdom. In the book I teach three special methods for this walk, namely music, movement, and the practice of intentional silence. Brief commentaries to each of the psalms bring out some of the deeper meanings and applications to life.


About the Author

The author is a psychiatrist working with seriously ill patients in a state mental health system. He was raised in the Jewish faith but became a Christian in adult life. Working in a Christian psychiatric practice he discovered the amazing power of the psalms to reach people at every level of illness or health. He spent the next fifteen years developing the method of walking the psalms presented in this book. It is a method to go beyond the intellect, beyond words, so that one can begin to listen to the voice of God. Those who have studied with the author report a deepening of spiritual experience and inner peace as they follow this practice. The author lives with his wife in a small but rapidly growing Southern town. They have one daughter.