Amy Meets the Saints and Sages

The world of Saints and Sages is a world of magic. It is a world where we turn inside and master  the practices that the saints and sages have used to enliven themselves. These are practices like meditation and service, and virtues like courage an d honesty. We have chosen six saints; two are still with us, four have passed away; three are male and three are female. They each come from one of our major spiritual traditions.  Amy Meets the Saints and Sages, A Young Person’sthe Adventures in Spirituality is fully illustrated and for children 7-12 years old.

A saint, in Amy Meets the Saints and Sages, is introduced with a short and reverent biography providing necessary conceptual material. Then a story is told of each saint, Saint Francis and the Wolf, for example. Finally Amy, now quite a bit older, has time with each saint to respond to the story. Sometimes she just disputes the saint’s view and doesn’t hesitate to express her disagreement. It’s all fun and stimulating.

This familiarity with the saints and sages of major traditions is armor to dispel religious intolerance, and thus combat terrorism. Mahatma Gandhi has said “It is a sacred duty of every individual to have an appreciative understanding of other religions” ( in The Fragrance of Faith by Jamal Rahman).