Soul to Soul: The Most Gripping Book You May Read this Year
When she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2007, Deborah
Masel's life collapsed. Two and a half years later, her struggle to
find meaning in the shadowy world of terminal disease induced her to
write not only of her cancer experience, but of threads from the past
that were woven into the fabric of this 'final curtain'. In her
search for comfort and meaning, Deborah found that the world of
cancer was dominated by stories of physical survival, which was
assumed to constitute "victory". Yet her most treasured teacher, a
Torah scholar who perished in the Holocaust, had through the text he
left behind awakened her to the meaning of spiritual victory. If he
could keep his disciples focused on God while the Nazis brutalized
and dehumanized them, surely she could stay focused and not panic
even when the cancer threatened to devour her. Her challenge was to
accept the fact of death without losing her love for this dappled
world and for the glory of its passing days.
About the Author: Deborah Masel (formerly Miller) is a teacher and
author with a special interest in the Jewish mystic tradition. She
has written two novels, and edited the English translation of Aish
Kodesh ('Sacred Fire'), written by the Rebbe of Piacezna in the
Warsaw Ghetto. Her most recent book is In the Cleft of the Rock:
Writings on the Five Books of Moses, a collection of prose poems on
the weekly Torah portion. Deborah has written and taught for various
Jewish and interfaith organizations, and is a regular contributor to
the Melbourne Sunday Age. She currently conducts classes from her home.
Title: Soul to Soul: Writings from Dark Places
Author: Deborah Masel Publisher: Gefen Publishing House
Pub Date: September 2011 ISBN: 978-965-229-559-0, Paperback, 184
pages, $14.95
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