Shirley du Boulay (4 March 1933 – 7 March 2023) was a British author and biographer, resident in

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. Educated at Downe House School and the Royal College of Music, she embarked on a career with the

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in 1954, initially as a studio manager, then becoming a programme producer of Radio 4's '

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'. She moved to television and specialized in religious programming. She resigned from the BBC in 1978, and started to work as an author. Her biographical subjects tend to be individuals who have taken a spiritual journey of their own, and whose subsequent influence has been important. She was married to the former Jesuit priest and columnist for

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, John Harriott, until his death at the end of 1990. Her interests included psychology, music, walking, gardening and meditation. She was a patron of

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and a Trustee of the Oxford Zendo. Her books have been translated into French, Japanese, German, Italian, Dutch and Polish.

Chapters in books or publications

* Letting Go - A Way to Freedom in Harvest, Journal for Jungian Studies, Analytical Psychology Club, Number 24, 1978, London, 1978 * Journey of Faith in No Place to Hide, Journeys in Faith, Omega Trust Publications, 1993 *

Bede Griffiths Bede Griffiths OSB Cam (17 December 1906 – 13 May 1993), born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda ("bliss of compassion"), was a British-born priest and Benedictine monk who lived in ashrams in Sou ...

and the one universal reality in Contemporary Spiritualities, edited by Clive Erricker and Jane Erricker, Continuum, 2001 *

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(1512–82) in ''Spiritual Stars of the Millennium'', edited by Selina O'Grady and John Wilkins, Continuum, 2001 * Truth beyond Division: Eastern Meditation and Western Christianity in Unfinished Journey, The Church 40 years after Vatican II, edited by Austen Ivereigh, Continuum, 2003 * Chapter on

in Visionaries of the 20th Century, A Resurgence Anthology, edited by Satish Kumar and Freddie Whitefield, Green Books, 2006. * Entry on

in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2007 edition. * Arunachala, Religion and the Arts in A Journal from Boston College, Volume 12-1-3 (2008), Special Issue: The inter-religious imagination, Brill, 2008 *Contributor to Life in Abundance, The CAFOD Christian Aid Lent Book - Darton, Longman and Todd, 2009

Books

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: The Founder of the Modern Hospice Movement - Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. *The Gardeners - Hodder & Stoughton, 1985. *Changing the Face of Death: The Story of Dame

- Chansitor Publications, 1985. *The World Walks by: The Life of Baroness Masham of Ilton (Coauthor) - Collins, 1986. * Tutu, Voice of the Voiceless - Hodder & Stoughton, 1988. *

: An Extraordinary Life - Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. *The Road to

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: A Modern Pilgrimage - Morehouse Group, 1995. *Beyond the Darkness: A Biography of

- Random House, 1998. *The Cave of the Heart: The Life of Swami

Abhishiktananda Abhishiktananda ( sa, अभिषिक्तानन्द, Abhiṣiktānanda; 30 August 1910, in Saint Briac, Brittany – 7 December 1973, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India), born Henri Le Saux, was a French monk who, having moved to In ...

- Orbis Books, 2005. *Swami

: Essential Writings - Orbis Books, 2006 *A Silent Melody: An Experience of Contemporary Spiritual Life - Darton, Longman & Todd, 2014

References

1933 births 2023 deaths

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