Ablaze with passion for the one essential task of the monk: total inner transformation. Brother David Stendl-Rast Libraries offering titles on mysticism, inner transformation, or dealing with grief will find this a unique and welcome addition. Library Journal This powerful book, written by an Episcopal priest, tells of her intense relationship with Brother Raphael Robin, a seventy-year-old Trappist monk and hermit. Both believed that a relationship can continue beyond this life, and here Cynthia Bourgeault describes her search for that connection before and after Robin s death. Bourgeault s previous books include The Wisdom Jesus and Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening.