Awakening to Wholeness
On Pilgrimage with Dante
- Arts & Literature
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
Dante's Divine Comedy is one of those classics more often cited than read. This is a shame because, in addition to being an artistic masterpiece, it's a roadmap for self-discovery and transformation. There's good reason why Dante chooses the Latin poet Virgil as his guide. The Comedy is all about poiesis: the creative emergence of one's true self, the transition from sleepwalking to full awakening Awakening to Wholeness presents a reader-friendly guide to the transformative pilgrimage Dante offers us in his Comedy. Leaving historical and literary analysis to Dante experts and aficionados, its aim is to help readers appreciate that the Comedy's imaginative journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven invites them to reflect on their own life journeys. Kerry Walters offers commentary that inspires readers to reflect on the anxieties and desires that keep them trapped inside the false self (inferno), the path to liberating self-discovery (purgatorio), and the illuminating nature of wholeness (paradiso).
Endorsements (2)
“With Dante Alighieri as our spiritual guide, Kerry Walters takes us on a pilgrimage in which we are not onlookers but holy adventurers. Holistic in approach, Walters makes Dante come alive in our quest for wholeness. Not locked in the thirteenth century, Dante illuminates our twenty-first-century struggles and provides a meaningful spiritual path for our time. Walters provides insightful and inspirational guidance to orient our own journey of awakening. I highly recommend this text for seasoned travelers and seekers alike.”
“In Awakening to Wholeness, Fr. Kerry Walters, priest of the American National Catholic Church and pastor-emeritus of Holy Spirit Parish in Pennsylvania, has long been a trusted voice calling Christians to a more expansive, generous, and authentic discipleship. In this work Fr. Kerry offers a wise and grace-filled invitation to live more fully in God’s love. With pastoral warmth and spiritual depth, he reminds us that true wholeness is found in Christ, who gathers the fragments of our lives into unity. I warmly commend this work to all who seek a deeper, more integrated life of faith.”
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