Apprentice to the Dawn: A Spiritual Memoir by James C. Ingebretsen

 

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Table of Contents

Foreword

5

 

Acknowledgements

11

 

James C. Ingebretsen: Biographical Note

13

 

Prelude

17

 

Chapter One: The Awakening

23

 

Chapter Two: Sage Advice and Dancing in the Sky

45

 

 

Beyond the Ordinary Mind

   
 

The Soul Mate and the Soul Guide

   
 

Wayfaring

   
 

Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear to Tread

   
 

Explorations

   
 

Magic Mythmaker

   

Chapter Three: Kristifer's Place

79

Academy Photo

 

Laboratory for the Soul

 
 

End of an Era, Dawn of an Awakening

 
 

The Creative Venture

 
 

The Burrow Book and Tolmar Grail

 
 

Deeds and Reflections

 

Chapter Four: Koan of the Cross

107

 

 

Kristifer

 
 

Wen-Shan Huang: Tai Chi Ch'uan

 
 

Ira Progoff: The Intensive Journal

 
 

Pir Zade Vilayat Inayat Khan: Sufism

 
 

Blaisdell

 
 

The Creative Response

 

Chapter Five: The Necessary Direction

133

 

 

The Bird and the Volcano

   
 

Dark Curtain

   
 

Life Concerto

   
 

Merlin Meets Falstaff

   
 

Reflections at Seventy-Five

   

Chapter Six: A Glimpse of Hermes

157

 

 

Primordia

   
 

Warp and Weft

   
 

Hymn of the Pearl and the Myth of Sophia

   
 

Rebirth of Hermes

   
 

Parsifal, the Innocent Fool

   
 

Balderdash

   

Chapter Seven: Attunement

183

 

 

 

Koan of the Cross

 

The Daily Arts

 
 

Morning Practices

 
 

Evening Practices and Dreams

 
 

The Seasons of Our Lives

 

Chapter Eight: Gift of God

207
 

Grace

 
 

Reflections at Ninety-Two

 
 

Dorothy

 
 

Two White Pelicans

 
 

Apprentice to the Dawn

 

Taoist Solution

224

Index

227

 

 
   
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