Dimensions
130 x 197 x 15mm
James Cowan's deeply personal and fascinating life of St Antony of Egypt unveils the story of the first Christian mystic, who chose the path of a hermit in the desert in defiance of the Roman classical world.
Cowan asks a key question: why did Antony think that by departing the world completely he would get closer to the truth he was seeking? On a trip to Egypt to find out more, he actually discovers a hermit living on Mount Colzim, Antony's mountain, and finds himself on far more than an academic journey.
With Lazarus as his guide, he is able to combine an inner journey with his outer travel and begins to understand the true motivation of this radical mystic figure, the meaning of the ascetic life and the vision of Eastern Christianity.
