Natural Prayers Author:Chet Raymo All my life has been a relearning to pray -- a letting go of incantational magic, petition, and the vain repetition "Me, Lord, me," instead watching attentively for the light that burns at the center of every star, every cell, every living creature, every human heart. --from the introduction — Informed by his work as a physicist and ast... more »ronomer, Raymo strives to connect with that which unifies our intricate world, and thus effectively explores the wonders of what Nikos Kazantzakis called "the dread essence beyond logic." The "natural prayers" that flow from the pages of Raymo's work, then, begin as mere observations and slowly open into profound meditations immersed in the languages of science and literature.« less