Recovery of the Sacred

The journey takes him from the lush central valleys of Chile and the ancient ruins of Mexico to Machu Picchu, the Rocky Mountains, Morocco and the Holy Land. Along the way he meets shamans, Sufi teachers and mystics of many paths. Through a chain of meaningful coincidences, each encounter reveals another piece of a single hidden thread.

The book looks closely at the sacred rites and rituals of many cultures: the initiation practices of shamanism, the spiritual traditions of Sufism, Christian, Jewish and Islamic mysticism, and Buddhist meditation. What Dr. Warter finds is not a collection of exotic beliefs but the essential unity behind them. Every patient is first a soul, and healing begins when we reconnect with the sacred.

Woven through the story are simple practices readers can bring into daily life: forgiveness, retreat, sacred love, and the art of listening to the heart. First published in 1995, the book has been described as both a great personal adventure and a crash course in the perennial philosophy.

Recovery of the Sacred is for readers who love spiritual travel writing, for healers and seekers, and for anyone ready to bring a sense of the sacred back into ordinary life. You can also listen to the audiobook with its read-along text below.