Seeking the Mystical Child: Nurturing Young Childrens Identity, Faith, and Beli [Paperback]

This beautiful book invites you to enter the spiritual world of children as a traveler, whisperer, and protector of their experiences of wonder, awe, and enchantment.

This unique book,?Seeking the Mystical Child?embraces and articulates experiences of awe, wonder, and wandering. It bravely sheds light on that mysterious word mystical and brings it out of the shadows of confusion. It contains the power to awaken parents to offer engagement and curiosity in their children when instantaneous moments of spiritual nourishment occur. Perhaps if we can identify these important moments in our childrens lives, we can learn to recognize these experiences in ourselves.

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The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress, Honorary Canon of Grace Cathedral and author of Walking a Sacred Path, Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice.

Introduction; 1. The Wondering Child; 2. The Spiritual Child; 3. The Natural Child; 4. The Mystical Child; 5. Framing Portraits; 6. Pilgrimage; 7. One With God; 8. Children of Faith; 9. Peace in Search of Makers; 10. Seeking God; 11. The Mystery of God; 12. Spiritual Engagements: Activities and Experience; 13. Spiritual Sojourners.

Danette Littleton earned a Ph.D. at the University of Texas-Austin. She is a retired professor of music education and a former music teacher for children in elementary and preschool. Research studies on children's spontaneous play with music were presented at national and international conferences and universities. Her work is published in journals, book chapters, papers, and the books When Music Goes to School: Perspectives on Learning and Teaching and Knowing the Children We Teach: Essays on Music Learning (with co-author Meryl Sole), and children's books, Side by Side: A Friendship in Black and White and Side by SidelsÁ