Body, Mind & Spirit: word count & book length

Books on meditation, mindfulness, personal spirituality, energy practices and inner growth.

• Readers in this category often keep and annotate books — wider outer margins are appreciated.

The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", oriented at "the image of God" as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world. The term was used within early Christianity to refer to a life oriented toward the Holy Spirit and broadened during the Late Middle Ages to include mental aspects of life. In modern times, the term has spread to other religious traditions. It broadened to refer to a wider range of experiences, including a range of esoteric and religious traditions.

From the Wikipedia article “Spirituality”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.