The Gentle Art of Spiritual Discernment: A Guide to Discovering Your Personal Path

Support for those embarking on an authentic spiritual search

• 2024 Nautilus Gold Award

• Focuses in depth on helping you answer three fundamental questions: “Who am I deep down?”, “What am I really looking for in my spiritual quest?”, and “What is the deep motivation of my search?”

• Shows how integrity, perseverance, generosity, and discernment are essential components of any lasting spiritual path

• Reveals the author’s own spiritual difficulties and how he reoriented his spiritual quest in a straightforward, less dogmatic way

Throughout his decades as a social activist and self-transformation teacher, as well as through his spiritual work with death row inmates, Pierre Pradervand saw more and more people moving away from organized religion. He also realized that many were still seeking a spiritual dimension in their lives. Yet with so many options available, especially so many “spiritual fast food” options, selecting the right spiritual path can be difficult.

In this guide, Pierre offers support for those embarking on an authentic spiritual search. He focuses in depth on helping you answer three fundamental questions: Who am I deep down? What am I really looking for in my spiritual quest? What is the deep motivation of my search? He shows how integrity, generosity, and discernment are essential components of any lasting spiritual path.

The author shares his journey to rediscover his spiritual power after losing it all. He explains how he reoriented his spiritual quest in a straightforward, less dogmatic way—which led him to discover the gentle art of blessing and the simple path to becoming an embodiment of divine love.

Showing how to cultivate your inner voice and intuition to become your own empowered spiritual authority, this guide reveals how to see more clearly, open your spiritual horizons, and move toward your own unique spiritual path.

Pierre Pradervand (1937–2024) studied at the University of Geneva, the University of Bern, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor before receiving a doctorate in sociology from Sorbonne University in Paris. A true world citizen, Pierre labored most of his life for social justice. He was an active writer, speaker, and life coach, and the author of numerous books, including The Gentle Art of Blessing.