In today’s world, you don’t have to look far to find violence, hatred, and deep spiritual rifts. From discouraging headlines of religious upheaval splashed across the front pages to quiet tensions among people you encounter everyday, divergences in the way humans lead their spiritual lives crop up in many different ways.

Holding the firm belief that our likenesses vastly outnumber our differences, Dr. Patrick Swift compiled One Mountain, Many Paths in the wake of the September 11th attacks. A spiritual companion or gift for family and friends, One Mountain, Many Paths is filled with uplifting quotes from the sacred texts of all of the great religious traditions - organized into chapters such as 'Love Your Neighbor as Yourself' and 'Love Your Enemy.'

Serving as a collection of guideposts for the reader’s spiritual journey, the book illuminates the common threads of faith, hope, and love that weave together all the great religious traditions – including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, indigenous proverbs, and many others.

AWARDS

Double Eagle Press is pleased to announce that One Mountain, Many Paths won its category in the 2007 USA Best Books Award and was a Silver Medal Finalist in the 2008 Nautilus Book Awards.

ENDORSEMENTS

"Dr. Swift thoughtfully and beautifully shares with us a collection of some of the wise words from diverse spiritual traditions that can do for us what they did for him—evoke an appreciation for diversity, provide counsel that creates a longing for unity, instill peace within us personally, and inspire us to work for peace globally."
Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy
President of The Interfaith Alliance

“A New York doctor’s moving collection of spiritual wisdom, gathered in the wake of 9/11.”
Dr. Diana L. Eck
Professor, Harvard Divinity School

“Dr. Swift's work manages to show not only that there is wisdom in all the world's great faith traditions, but also the remarkable similarity of religious message. In this era when we are told that our differences should divide us, Dr. Swift's work shows so clearly that our differences can be blessings.”
Rev. William Sinkford
President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

"One Mountain, Many Paths can touch the spirit of a sixteen-year-old as well as my sixty-six-year-old spirit.  Each of the passages included in this book have been a path to peace for many people down through the ages."
Fr. John Stack, Dallas, TX