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Reality Of The Spiritual World Paperback – September 10, 2010
by Thomas R. Kelly (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
68 pages
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Neale Povey
5.0 out of 5 stars Words of a ProphetReviewed in the United States on October 13, 2020
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His life is a statement of God’s deep infusion into full existence. His words flow as a medicine into my tortured psyche, releasing deception and grief - fraught world and selfish ideation. Cool water, no taint whatsoever. I read it again and again.
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Ralph Lawrence
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Document by a Great ManReviewed in the United States on March 3, 2016
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This short treatise by Thomas Kelly is one of the classics of the 20th century. I have known about this author for many years, and know that the world lost a great person with his death at far too young of an age. His words speak as much today as they did more than 75 years ago.
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Marlene Oaks
5.0 out of 5 stars His Experience Nestles with MineReviewed in the United States on December 7, 2018
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I first read his words many decades ago. He helped me understand my own experiences with/in Spirit. I am grateful to read his last teachings in this book.
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Capricorn
5.0 out of 5 stars A Deeper LifeReviewed in the United States on July 10, 2018
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Kelly always speaks to me as I try to wend my way through our chaotic world.
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F. J. Potter
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting analysis of the spiritual life by a Christ-centered QuakerReviewed in the United States on August 14, 2011
Thomas Kelly was a Quaker educator who taught at Wilmington College, Earlham College, Wellesley College, the University of Hawaii, and, at the time of his untimely death in 1941, was a professor at Haverford College. Kelly was author of two books, "A Testament of Devotion" and "The Eternal Promise."
In the winter of 1940-1941, Thomas Kelly gave a series of four lectures at Pendle Hill, a Quaker retreat center near Philadelphia. The fourth lecture was less than a week before his fatal heart attack. After his death, the notes for his lectures were assembled into this slim volume, with some editing to accomodate the written word as compared to the spoken lecture.
The Reality of the Spiritual World was published by Pendle Hill as Pamphlet 21. The pamphlet is available for absolutely free download at pendlehill.org, in two PDF formats, including as a printable pamphlet (two pamphlet pages per printed page) and as a single page per printed page. The text can be copied and pasted and is totally legible, without facscimile marks or defects.
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PENDLE HILL PAMPHLET 21
Reality Of The Spiritual World
Thomas R. Kelly
The four lectures are presented as sections in Reality of the Spiritual World:
"God," "The Spiritual World," "Prayer," and "Fellowship."
Each section is presented logically and with intellect, yet also with passion. These are no dry professorial comments, they represent a Christ-centered perspective of the Quaker belief that there is that of God in everyone, that God is accessable, and that we can experience God ourselves, each of us, in our own way.
Through our personal experience we will achieve an inner peace that passes all understanding. The work, written during the Second World War, achieves a timelessness that can speak to us today.
Kelly had been an evangelical Christian in his youth, but his travels and life experience broadened his perspective and made him realize that what he knew as an inner Christ can be experienced by anyone, including non-Christians, through personal contact with the God Within.
I highly recommend this pamphlet, and suggest that you obtain it for free from Pendle Hill, the original publisher, who (as mentioned above) makes it available for free to anyone. If you find that it speaks to your condition, consider reading Kelly's other books, which are essentially collections of essays.
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Old Ben
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth a try for any Quaker.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2017
A very inspiring work for everyone for whom it speaks to their condition. A totally involved Quaker with some very unorthodox beliefs but whose enthusiasm swept me along. One of those people I would much like to have met.
Kelly had been an evangelical Christian in his youth, but his travels and life experience broadened his perspective and made him realize that what he knew as an inner Christ can be experienced by anyone, including non-Christians, through personal contact with the God Within.
I highly recommend this pamphlet, and suggest that you obtain it for free from Pendle Hill, the original publisher, who (as mentioned above) makes it available for free to anyone. If you find that it speaks to your condition, consider reading Kelly's other books, which are essentially collections of essays.
12 people found this helpful
Old Ben
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth a try for any Quaker.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2017
A very inspiring work for everyone for whom it speaks to their condition. A totally involved Quaker with some very unorthodox beliefs but whose enthusiasm swept me along. One of those people I would much like to have met.
