The Soulwork of Clay: A Hands-On Approach to Spirituality

Drawing on her first-hand experience of working with clay, Bankson takes her readers through the seven-step process of making clay into a pot, drawing parallels at each stage to the process of spiritual growth. Because clay is such an elemental substance, Bankson proposes that it calls us to let go of our pretensions-"it's just mud!"-and play as a little child. This simple connection with the earth, however, has the potential to put us "in touch with the whole of creation and, at the same time, …