Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #243698 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

From the Inside Flap
"Every day I try to find out more about the spirit of peace within myself. Everything I do now, I try to relate it with that. Writing is my craft, and if I can in any way cultivate peace through it, then I'm happy..." - Robert Lax

Robert Lax (1915 - 2000), one of the foremost spiritual poets of the late twentieth century and the best friend of the renowned Trappist monk Thomas Merton, lived on the remote Greek islands of Patmos and Kalymnos for the last 35 years of his life.

A prayer-filled man who radiated spiritual simplicity, he believed that people, empowered by God, were created to help one another. In the words of author S.T. Georgiou, Lax "had a way of reminding people that they were beloved children of God, cherished participants in a holy mystery."

About the Author
Steve Georgiou, a teacher and artist, first met Robert Lax in 1993. Georgiou lectures at San Francisco State University, where he received his Master's degree in the Interdisciplinary Humanities. He earned his Master's in Theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and is concluding his doctoral studies in Art and Religion there. Georgiou is the author of The Last Transfiguration, on St. Augustine, and Fighting for Paradise, on St. Antony, the desert hermit.