Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, HealerAJN Book of the Year 2009 5 Stars Ellen Wurzbach, RN, MSN, PhDfor Doody Review Service This lavishly illustrated biography celebrates the life and work of Florence Nightingale on the 100th anniversary of her death. With meticulous scholarship, the author documents the struggles and achievements of a woman who defied the conventions and standards of Victorian England to blaze her own path. Archival photographs, drawings, letters, maps, and a riveting narrative create a portrait of this complex, larger than life woman who is still a source of inspiration today. |
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... spiritual colleague . Ever since her first Call at age 16 , Florence had been examining spiritual and theo- logical questions at length in her letters , journals , and notes . As she often did before a major transition in her life , she ...
... spiritual speculations , as few others did . The two enjoyed discussing the nature of reality , God , and other philosophical and spiritual ideas . During this period , Clough encouraged Nightingale to revise her Suggestions for Thought ...
... spiritual development , calling her “ one of the most bal- anced contemplatives of the nineteenth century . " " 5 Five phases of spiritual development In Mysticism , Underhill proposed five recognizable phases in the spiritual ...