More Praise for The Hope

"Every age has its teachers, who keep the eternal truths alive for all of us. In the case of Andrew Harvey, the light he sheds is like a meteor burst across the inner sky"

"If God created a new curriculum for the human race--one that might insure our continued place on this planet— I think he would make The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism required reading. Andrew Harvey's wise and joyous prose brings home the necessary union of spiritual practice and radical action. But it does much more than that. It makes us want to roll up our sleeves and get to work. It seduces us to create change from the inside out, or as Gandhi said, to be the peace we long to see in the world. Prophets throughout the ages have said what Andrew Harvey is saying, but never in language as useful for our times. He joins the ranks of the great wise ones--the sages and the radicals--in his dream for a world of peace."

"Andrew's work is a guidebook to a new world, much needed because it represents the hidden truth within the nature of great transformation; a new path of harmony always emerges out of the chaos of the present moment... The Hope is destined to transform the lives of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people not only because of its profound message but also because we need his work more than we realize."

"In this book Andrew Harvey, well known as a scholar of mysticism, takes on the calling of a prophet as he invites--no, challenges--all of us to rise up from the folly and understandable despair of our times to participate in the next stage of our evolution as a species--that of love and sacred activism. Harvey kicks the sacred cows of current economics and religion, politics and the media, in this response to what he calls "the perfect storm of crises" affecting all humanity at this time and he does so not out of a superficial scoring of points but from a deep place of caring and compassion, the sacred place where all authentic spiritual traditions and leaders find their source. This book is timely and it is needed. It calls us to the in-depth transformations we are all capable of and that our earth is demanding of us. No religion, no ideology, no privilege caste can any longer afford to remain untouched or untransformed."

"As a fellow Sacred Activist, I support and applaud the dedication of Andrew Harvey to bridge the gap between spirituality and activism...THE HOPE is a must read for anyone seeking to birth a new humanity."

"Sacred activism is the most potent after effect of our inner spiritual practices. When the heart explodes in conscious oneness with the Beloved, what remains is a burning desire to be a servant to the One that enlivens all sentient beings, every speck of space. Through his descriptions of the great lovers of humankind, Andrew gives us a clarion call to go beyond admiration to activation of that same capacity within our own hearts that we, too, may become a beneficial presence on the planet."

"Andrew Harvey has given us a first 21st century template born of "radical evolutionary mysticism," guiding us as to how to manifest the power and presence of the Divine in sacred action. His genius is to connect great spiritual practices with social action to evolve ourselves and our world.His plan for Networks of Grace and Global Curriculum for Sacred Activism are vital to the great movement toward our conscious evolution."

"Andrew Harvey's The Hope is the primer to guide us through crucible time on our beleaguered planet. It is an urgent wake up call for all of us to take our so called 'spirituality' off the match and into Sacred Activism. The guidelines are clean and ferocious and the promise is The Hope that the title of this brilliant and important book implies. I loved it!"

"Andrew Harvey's The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism is a brilliant manifesto that inspires those who take the "spiritual" seriously, developing within themselves the spirit of love and compassion for all life, to a special and supremely necessary intensity of determination to save this world from the total devastation that approaches from every side. In the face of overwhelming danger and reasonable despair, it leads us, miracle by miracle, to the discovery of opportunity and hope. This book opens your heart and illuminates your mind."

"Burnt into every page of The Hope is the sacred fire of the mystic, matched with the passion of the activist. With prophetic authority Andrew Harvey consummates the marriage of mystic and activist and binds them together in spiritual passion and sacred purpose. This is an exalted book delivered from the highest reaches of the human soul. It is both manifesto and spiritual handbook for anyone who wants to transform the world."

"Andrew Harvey's The Hope is a groundbreaking book by a writer and artist of great skill, a mystic and activist who communicates his grand, fierce, passionate voice with a simplicity that may make you want to do all you can to help the world in this dangerous time. It is my hope that it will be translated into every language-the time is now-heed!"

"This revolutionary book challenges us to get real about our world crisis, to confront our shadow and to take responsibility for acting from humility, love and reverence for all life. Andrew Harvey is a wise and powerful teacher who will inspire you to act from greatness."

"Sacred Activism is a timely and desperately needed activist manifesto. It evolves what it truly means to be an activist in today's world and empowers us to model the change we seek. It's helped me bridge my activism and spiritual life like no other tool. Fellow activists: don't let the unexamined assumption that activism and spirituality don't mix stand in the way of you reading this book. The revolutionary message of Sacred Activism will empower you to reach a new level of effectiveness at producing results while simultaneously being more joyful, peaceful and fulfilled."

"As an activist working with homeless people, I attempt to fuse together my deepest spiritual practice with action in the world, I've been waiting for a book that I could give to all my activist friends to help them meld inner peace and passion with wise and steady outer action. Andrew Harvey's The Hope is the book I have been waiting for. I urge all spiritual seekers concerned with the state of the world, and all the activists hungry for the new level of determination, peace, and energy, to read it and work with it."

"This book takes one on a great journey through profound experiences of many, including the author Andrew Harvey. It engages each one of us in the most important inquiry for today's world: who am I in the emerging narrative, in creating new patterns for a world that works or everyone? It is about the compassion of our sacred space and the courage to create alternatives where needed."

"Like a Albert Einstein/Ghandi clone, Andrew Harvey's message is simple and elegant, powerful yet profound, The Hope: A Guide To Sacred Activism inspires us to believe that we can and will be able to solve our world of problems."

"Andrew Harvey is one of the most important teachers of our times for his extraordinary capacity to marry the deep mystical teachings of our essential unity with awakened action. Sacred Activism is a the yoga of the now, it inspires and guides our way into the challenge of Rebirth and great awakening. I will give and recommend The Hope to all!"

"Many of us know that we are living at a critical time for the Earth and its inhabitants. If there is one book we all need to read right now, it is The Hope. Passionate, prophetic, and practical, it offers us a profound vision of Sacred Activism, the spiritual tools to put this vision into action, and the hope to carry it out. Andew Harvey is a true lover of the world and this book is his gift to all of us who wish to preserve the world for future generations. You'll want to buy a few copies so that you can dispense them to your friends!"

"In this work of prophetic passion, mystic and spiritual activist Andrew Harvey argues that the present-day disconnect between contemplative practice and social activism has brought us to a critical impasse, paralyzing the prospects for the kind of spiritually infused action we need to redeem ourselves from self-destruction. For Harvey, true spirituality is not a purely inward affair, but a practice with far-reaching consequences. To be complete, he contends, spirituality must be capable of transforming all aspects of human existence: the person, the community, politics, and the planet. With inspired eloquence, The Hope homes in on the over-riding spiritual crisis of our time, offering the balance of contemplation and socially transformative action as the effective key to the birth of a wiser and more humane humanity. The Hope is a timely testament that continues the legacy of such major figures as Thomas Merton, Father Bede Griffith, and Martin Luther King."

"True spirituality is love in action. The Hope will inspire you to grow into the most loving person you can be. Andrew Harvey calls you to make love the real work of your life. He wants you to love as if the future of the planet depended on it."

"Harvey's sacred activism is a corrective to the doomsayers and do-nothings who are part of our problems. He is a modern version of a fiery, Old-Testament prophet, whose words were ignored at great peril. We must attend to Andrew Harvey's message. Not only will it help us humans regain our sanity, it just might save our skins."

"At this critical juncture in history, Andrew Harvey’s teachings on Sacred Activism are sounding a clarion call to all who care deeply about the future of humanity and of the planet. We cannot open to creative solutions to the enormous challenges that confront us without looking truthfully and fearlessly at the devastating things that are taking place in our world and at the same time holding to a powerful vision of what is possible through a radical transformation of our consciousness. The Chinese character for the word "crisis" contains the characters for "danger" and "opportunity," and in this powerful book, The Hope, Andrew Harvey clearly outlines the elements of our current world crisis and strongly makes the case that the darkness of our time is also the birth canal for the emergence of a divine humanity. He passionately calls us to dedicate ourselves to being midwives of this birth, and describes in very practical terms what it means to live as a Sacred Activists. I cannot imagine a more important teaching for our time."

"A bold and insightful view of humanity's challenges through the lens of our soul. Immensely profound yet disarmingly practical, this is one of the most important books of our time."

"At this time in the history of humankind, we need a vision of the future that carries with it both hope and action. Andrew Harvey has written a book for this world, a book that looks fiercely at the harsh reality we have created and also reverently at the sacred creation in us and around us. "The Hope--A Guide to Sacred Activism" bridges the great divide between the spiritual self and the activist self. It is a call to the activist to remember and revere the sacred mystery and meaning of life; and it is a call to the spiritual seeker to get up off the cushion and pay attention to the world and its agony. Activism shrivels in meaning when it falls prey to the commonplace--pettiness, competitiveness, bureaucratic mindlessness and an inability to see the whole heartbreaking picture. A spiritual path wanders in self-serving circles when it does not travel through the very world in which we live. Andrew Harvey's, "The Hope" bridges these two all-too-often disparate worlds and presents a journey into explosive awareness, inside and out. It is not a journey for the faint-hearted. And it is critical if we are to save the world."

"Our compromised world desperately needs the path of active service that Andrew Harvey is calling sacred activism more than anything else right now. It is certainly integral to the maturity being sought by the serious student of spiritual awakening. And it will be no less valuable to the layperson new to the spiritual path, for helping to develop a new level of humanism in daily life. Andrew's brilliant new book offers everyone the essential understandings needed to make a meaningful contribution during this pivotal time of global transition. The gift we all receive from it is a road map for the journey out into a vast field of grace, way beyond the suffocating smallness of personal ego concerns and right into the open heart of empathy and compassion."

"Andrew Harvey is one of the most engaging thinkers and writers of mystical consciousness on the planet. Sacred Activism is the new global religious dispensation and the most spiritual. The concept and discipline encompasses and even eclipses, social, civil and moral activism in ways; a new generation sees, senses and seeks as the new Peace Operative and agenda that is based on love, radical inclusion, the basis of which is experienced and expressed in and thru the deepest recesses and accesses of the soul. A practical, powerful and pivotal dissertation and exhortation, indeed, a must read! It is not only the hope, but the help and health of our future as human beings, being human!"

"Balancing action and contemplation is the greatest challenge for those of us who want both spirituality and service. With his unique gifts of passion, practicality, and the interfaith perspective, Andrew Harvey sheds new light on the ancient wisdom of St. Ignatius who taught us to work as though everything depends on us and pray as though everything depends on God."

"I enthusiastically recommend THE HOPE. This wonderful and timely book is about our relationships -to God, each other, and the world upon which we live and share- and that peace can only be actualized when we recognize that there is no "other", only the "One". It is for me what yoga is all about. Andrew Harvey lovingly, but urgently, encourages us to remember our true nature and to continue journeying deep within, to the grizzle and glory of our blessed humanity, so that we can see clearly, and necessarily, that that which is within us, is fervently within all. The Hope is an intelligent, inspirational and practical guide instructing us to take responsibility, see the sacred in the ordinary, and understand that true joy can only be realized when we offer our heart and hand in service to each other. This is Sacred Activism, and this is the movement that WILL unite the planet through dedicated action and infinite love."

"In the face of the escalating crisis of global warming, humanity is facing the greatest challenge in its history. Nothing will see us through the days ahead except sacred activism, combining the imperative for social action with the illuminating fire of spirit. Andrew Harvey has written the definitive work on what all of us need to embody as life and history call upon us to catalyze global transformation by reinventing the very meaning of our humanity."

"This book distills the perennial wisdom teachings of the mystics from every tradition and dips them in the fire of radical social and environmental consciousness. The result is a powerful elixir that can and will fuel us for the journey of true service we have been longing for."

"We need this book to accompany us through the dark night of the soul, which presently envelopes humanity. Based on his profound knowledge and bright vision of mankind's spiritual evolution, Andrew Harvey provides a road map to guide us to a place of sanity, integrity and grace in these groundless, confusing times. When the globally horrific lack of common sense, morals and compassion overwhelms me, I reach for Andrew's message. As we courageously strive to veer away from the abyss of genocide, the only hope left to spiritual warriors is to practice this path of inspiration, service and kindness. Only then will we find our true and sacred nature."

"Like its author, The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism, is both passionate and practical. It is an immensely enjoyable read written by a man whose life and work are testimony to the transformative power of love and commitment to social, environmental, and economic justice which are the birthright of the earth community. After centuries of polarization between activism, soul, and spiritual practice, Andrew Harvey has brilliantly and lovingly integrated them, exemplifying the divine alchemy that results from holding the tension of opposites. Moreover, the author addresses head-on the presence of the capricious human shadow that invariably erupts and frequently spells the demise of the most skillful activism. In doing so, he inspires us to discover within and with each other, unprecedented courage and compassion, both for ourselves and for all living beings."