Florence Nightingale on Mysticism and Eastern Religions: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, Volume 4

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Florence Nightingale on Mysticism and Eastern Religions Volume 4 of the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale List of Volumes Note: Short title denoted by bold Volume 1 Florence Nightingale: An Introduction to Her Life and Family Volume 2 Florence Nightingale’s Spiritual Journey: Biblical Annotations , Sermons and Journal Notes Volume 3 Florence Nightingale’s Theology: Essays, Letters and Journal Notes Volume 4 Florence Nightingale on Mysticism and Eastern Religions Volume 5 Florence Nightingale on Society and Politics, Philosophy, Science, Education and Literature Volume 6 Florence Nightingale on Public Health Care Volume 7 Florence Nightingale’s European Travels Volume 8 Florence Nightingale’s Suggestions for Thought Volume 9 Florence Nightingale on Women, Medicine, Midwifery and Prostitution Volumes 10-11 Florence Nightingale and the Foundation of Professional Nursing Volumes 12-13 Florence Nightingale and Public Health Care in India Volume 14 Florence Nightingale: The Crimean War and War Office Reform Volume 15 Florence Nightingale on War and Militarism Volume 16 Florence Nightingale and Hospital Reform Florence Nightingale on Mysticism and Eastern Religions Gérard Vallée, editor Volume 4 of the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale Wilfrid Laurier University Press w We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for our publishing activities. National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910. Florence Nightingale on mysticism and eastern religions / Gérard Vallée, editor. (Collected works of Florence Nightingale ; v. 4) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-88920-413-6 1. Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 — Religion. 2. Asia — Religion. 3. Mysticism. 4. Christianity and other religions. 5. Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 — Journeys — Egypt. 6. Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 — Diaries. 7. Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 — Correspondence. I. Vallée, Gérard, 1933- II. Title. III. Series: Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910. Collected works of Florence Nightingale ; v. 4. RT37.N5A2 2003 v. 4 291 C2002-904601-7© 2003 Wilfrid Laurier University Press Cover design by Leslie Macredie. Front cover photograph of Edfu: Temple of Horus, Egypt by Gérard Vallée. ∞ Printed in Canada Every reasonable effort has been made to acquire permission for copyright material used in this text, and to acknowledge all such indebtedness accurately . Any errors and omissions called to the publisher’s attention will be corrected in future printings. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior consent of the publisher or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright licence, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777. Wilfrid Laurier University Press Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 E-mail: press@wlu.ca Web: http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca Collected Works of Florence Nightingale Web site: http://www.sociology.uoguelph.ca/fnightingale ...