Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition INTRODUCTION Spirituality in the Making CHAPTER ONE Mystic Club CHAPTER TWO Solitude CHAPTER THREE The Piety of the World CHAPTER FOUR Meditation for Americans CHAPTER FIVE Freedom and Self-Surrender CHAPTER SIX Seekers EPILOGUE Be Gentle with Yourself Notes Index

About the Author

Leigh Eric Schmidt is Edward C. Mallinckrodt University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of numerous books, including Heaven's Bride: The Unprintable Life of Ida C. Craddock, American Mystic, Scholar, Sexologist, Martyr, and Madwoman, Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment, and Consumer Rites: The Buying and Selling of American Holidays.