Set before and during World War II, this saga moves from the British Isles to India and back again, following the fortunes of Eve and her sister Clare, who dominates those around her. When Eve falls in love with a childhood friend, his love for Clare dominates events and leads to a dramatic climax.

Sister Clare's Lover: A Romance of Catholic Tantra Catholic Tantra? Can such a thing be? Father Shalgry is a priest in trouble with his Church - he has written a sympathetic book trying to understand the American Spiritualist movement. He is in trouble another way - his empathy, his sense of the energy of people and situations, is so strong that he must take medications to mute it. His bishop surprisingly sends him to find the origin of an intensely sexual tantra-like devotion to Jesus that has grown up in the convents. His journey will lead him through trying to understand, through service and friendship and experiencing the movement of energy, to falling irresistibly in love with a French-Indian woman. And then he must choose... Birrell Walsh, Ph.D., earned his doctorate in comparative religion in 1999. In 2003 Crossroad Publishing published his Praying for Others. A sequel to Sister Clare, ILLUMINATING FOUR CITIES, is also published by lulu.com

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Inspired by St. Francis and his ideal of holy poverty Clare left everything to follow Christ. This decision meant conflict with her family and an uncertain future but Clare never wavered. Her small group of followers took root and the new foundation

Francis (c. 1182-1226) and Clare (c. 1193-1254) together shaped the spirituality of early 13th-century Europe. Here for the first time in English are their complete writings, brought together in one volume.