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The Way of the Sevenfold Secret

By Lilias Trotter; Introduction by Mark Beaumont
Lilias Trotter moved from England to Algiers in 1888, at the age of 35, and died there in 1928. In the latter stages of her mission there, she wrote specifically for Muslims influenced by mysticism. Lilias based The Way of the Sevenfold Secret on Christ’s seven ‘I am’ sayings in John’s gospel, and attempted to link them to the traditional seven steps taken by members of Sufi orders in their quest for union with God. This republication should enable readers to capture the essence of a woman whose legacy is vitally alive for our times.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61719-942-4
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Publication Date: Aug 15,2012
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 182
Languages: Arabic
ISBN: 978-1-61719-942-4
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Lilias Trotter moved from England to Algiers in 1888, at the age of 35, and died there in 1928. During this forty year period she developed and led The Algiers Mission Band that attempted to gather men and women for Christian worship from the Arabic speaking Muslim population.

In 1913 she became aware of the need to write specifically for those who were influenced by mysticism, and felt a strong call to bring to them what was for her “the true mysticism of the life hid in Christ in God”. By 1920, Lilias conceived of a booklet based on the seven ‘I am’ sayings in John’s gospel, since she found them especially effective in meeting spiritual needs. These sayings of Christ are presented in the order in which they come in John’s gospel, and Lilias attempts to link them to the traditional seven steps taken by members of Sufi orders in their quest for union with God.

Lilias Trotter embodied in her own life the appeal that she made in this piece of writing. Her devotion to Christ, her ability to listen to Muslims whom she served, and her eirenic tone in sharing her faith, model for Christians in the twenty first century appropriate ways to relate to Muslims. The re-publication of The Way of the Sevenfold Secret in the original Arabic along with Lilias’ English translation should enable readers to capture the essence of a woman whose legacy is vitally alive for our times.

Lilias Trotter moved from England to Algiers in 1888, at the age of 35, and died there in 1928. During this forty year period she developed and led The Algiers Mission Band that attempted to gather men and women for Christian worship from the Arabic speaking Muslim population.

In 1913 she became aware of the need to write specifically for those who were influenced by mysticism, and felt a strong call to bring to them what was for her “the true mysticism of the life hid in Christ in God”. By 1920, Lilias conceived of a booklet based on the seven ‘I am’ sayings in John’s gospel, since she found them especially effective in meeting spiritual needs. These sayings of Christ are presented in the order in which they come in John’s gospel, and Lilias attempts to link them to the traditional seven steps taken by members of Sufi orders in their quest for union with God.

Lilias Trotter embodied in her own life the appeal that she made in this piece of writing. Her devotion to Christ, her ability to listen to Muslims whom she served, and her eirenic tone in sharing her faith, model for Christians in the twenty first century appropriate ways to relate to Muslims. The re-publication of The Way of the Sevenfold Secret in the original Arabic along with Lilias’ English translation should enable readers to capture the essence of a woman whose legacy is vitally alive for our times.

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LiliasTrotter

MarkBeaumont

Mark Beaumont is a research associate at London School of Theology who has published widely on Christian-Muslim relations both in the early era of Muslim rule and in recent times. His Open University PhD was published in 2005 as Christology in Dialogue with Muslims: A Critical Analysis of Christian Presentations of Christ for Muslims from the Ninth and Twentieth Centuries. In 2018 he edited Arab Christians and the Qurʾan from the Origins of Islam to the Medieval Period. In 2021 he published The Theology of ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī: Commending Christianity within Islamic Culture, which is a companion study to the translation of ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī's two works.

  • Table of Contents (page 5)
  • Foreword (page 15)
  • Mysticism in Islam (page 17)
  • Index (page 21)
  • Preface (page 23)
  • I. The Secret of Satisfaction. (page 27)
  • II. The Secret of Illumination. (page 35)
  • III. The Secret of Acess. (page 43)
  • IV. The Secret of Leadership. (page 51)
  • V. The Secret of Life out of Death. (page 59)
  • VI. The Secret of Progress. (page 67)
  • VII. The Secret of Abiding. (page 75)
  • Al-Kahtma (Conclusion). (page 82)
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