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Chanting the Psalms: A Practical Guide with Instructional Audio

Chanting the Psalms: A Practical Guide with Instructional Audio

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Chanting the psalms, or psalmody, is an ancient practice of vital importance in the Christian spiritual tradition. Today many think of it as a discipline that belongs only in monasteries—but psalmody is a spiritual treasure that is available to anyone who prays. You don’t need to be musical or a monk to do it, and it can be enjoyed in church liturgical worship, in groups, or even individually as part of a personal rule of prayer. Cynthia Bourgeault brings the practice into the twenty-first century, providing a history of Christian psalmody as well as an appreciation of its place in contemplative practice today. And she teaches you how to do it as you chant along with her on the accompanying audio program in which she demonstrates the basic techniques and easy melodies that anyone can learn. “Even if you can’t read music,” Cynthia says, “or if somewhere along the way you’ve absorbed the message that your voice is no good or you can’t sing on pitch, I’ll still hope to show you that chanting the psalms is accessible to nearly everyone.”
Cynthia Bourgeault

Cynthia Bourgeault

Author Bio

CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT is a modern-day mystic, Episcopal priest, and theologian. She divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine and traveling globally to promote the rediscovery of the Christian contemplative path. She is a core faculty emerita at the Center for Action and Contemplation and founding director of the international network of Wisdom Schools. Cynthia’s articles and essays have appeared in many journals and publications, and she is the author of numerous books, including Eye of the Heart, The Wisdom Jesus, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three, and The Heart of Centering Prayer.

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Praise for the book

Publishers Weekly

starred review

“Bourgeault will be a helpful guide to those who seek to find a viable daily Christian practice, while those who already have a daily discipline may find that her suggestions for chanting deepens and enlarges their experience.”

Thomas Keating

author of Open Mind, Open Heart and Finding Grace at the Center

“The best book I've seen on the theory and practice of Christian contemplative psalmody.”

Phyllis Tickle

compiler of the Divine Hours series

“Few books ever manage to both inform and enthrall in equal measure the way this one does. The whole world of Christian spirituality owes Cynthia Bourgeault an enormous debt of gratitude for having given us a classic.”

Br. David Steindl-Rast

OSB, cofounder of gratefulness.org

“Cynthia Bourgeault, a skillful teacher, offers you all of the do-it-yourself instructions you need to thoroughly enjoy the sacred tradition of change and so step from time into the eternal Now.”
Chanting the Psalms: A Practical Guide with Instructional Audio

Cynthia Bourgeault

Chanting the Psalms: A Practical Guide with Instructional Audio

$39.95 USD