Math Mystic's Guide to Creative Spirituality

""A trailblazing exploration of previously uncharted territory, full of surprising and profound insights into the fascinating intersection of mathematical and spiritual realms of human experience. Sarah Voss is uniquely qualified to reveal the wonderful connections between mystical and mathematical ideas, and she has a gift for grounding these ideas in the practical concerns of our everyday lives."" --Thomas J. McFarlane, author of Einstein and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings ""Sarah Voss takes us on a personal journey in which she connects some fundamental aspects of mathematics to spirituality, religion, and mysticism with openness, gentleness, and sensitivity. Through metaphor, poetry, and history combined with descriptive narrative and observation, she balances human hopes, needs, uncertainties, and moral frailties with realities of life. Offering insights earnest and enriching in equal measure, and with mathematics always at the book's heart, this is an engaging read whose thought-provoking messages speak to us all."" --Peter J. Larcombe, professor of discrete and applied mathematics, University of Derby ""Mathematics! Esoteric and 'over my head'? Mundane and dry? Not so: Sarah Voss shows instead that math is a rich source of valuable spiritual insights. Her wide-ranging imagination will take you on a journey that is entertaining as well as enlightening."" --Daniel S. Levine, professor of psychology, University of Texas at Arlington ""Sarah Voss has written a most evocative book, one I know I will keep returning to for many years to come. This is a captivating exploration of what Voss calls math mysticism, her unique blend of mathematics and spirituality. Voss knows her theology as well as her mathematics, and she weaves them into a provocatively beautiful tapestry. Her voice is welcoming and hopeful; may many read her words and heed her call!"" --Gizem Karaali, professor of mathematics and statistics, Pomona College ""Do you want to know truth? Do you want to know what is real? Both the languages of mathematical science and the revelations of faith claim to offer us truth. But with a phase/phrase change from metaphors to mathaphors and from theology to matheology, Sarah Voss, the mathematician-mystic, constructs bridges between the two languages so we can better understand--and improve--reality."" --Vern Barnet, minister emeritus, Center for Religious Experience and Study