What People Are Saying About the Book

Original Faith: What Your Life Is Trying to Tell You

"Paul Martin's profound and original book, which speaks from first hand experience, offers an experienced guide and insightful companion to any of us engaged on a spiritual journey."

Elaine Pagels
Professor of Religion, Princeton University and author of the best-selling Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas

"What is distinctive about Original Faith is its character as a psychological approach that expands to include a widening perspective beyond the scope of the merely individual to an encompassing vision of the broader reach of faith. It is an exemplary phenomenology."

Anne Carr
Professor of Theology Emerita, University of Chicago Divinity School

"Paul Martin brings us an 'original faith' — a new way to think about spiritual experiences. He offers persuasive evidence that we live best when we are present to the wonders of our lives as they unfold. His story inspires us to do as he did: to turn from despair to hope and love."

Rabbi Rebecca Alpert

"Sooner or later every life worth living confronts a dark night of the soul. Joy and love — even life itself — may seem stripped of meaning. This fall costs nothing less than a shattered spirit… and offers nothing more than a transcendent soul. Original Faith captures the inner workings of such a journey. Paul Martin's patiently crafted awareness draws us into the void, the 'worse than useless' hauntings, and the profound spiritual mending that comes to resemble a universal embrace. This is a wise, warm treatise on faith and being human. It inspires us to stay in the game, play for the simple joy of it all, and rejoice in the wonder of our days."

Janet Elizabeth Falvey
Professor and Psychologist

"Faith is a funny thing. It is at the same time as large as the universe and as small as a pin prick. Paul Martin's Original Faith is an evocative, moving discourse on finding a higher power within oneself, and responding to that discovery. This book will make you think—deeply—about your relationship with your environment, yourself, and God."

Melanie Rigney
Former Writer's Digest Editor

More Comments About Original Faith

"I've been reading the book while on vacation this week — it is awesome! I found myself wanting to actually mark passages (and the purist that I am NEVER thinks about writing in a book....) I love it!"

"Paul, your book arrived yesterday and I could not put it down. Not finished with it yet though. Your chapter on Love is beautifully written and really struck a chord in my heart."

"Just writing to let you know that I've completed your book. You made it VERY difficult to do quickly because it is just so well written and the information is so timely for my life!"

"Original Faith is an excellent book. I found it enlightening, encouraging and substantive, and I'm sure it will influence my own thoughts and practices far into the future."

"PRACTICAL advice on how to manage the most challenging tasks of all—like dealing with that pesky ego of ours."

"Original Faith communicates the essence of life itself in such a moving way that it makes you realize that what you've been missing has been there all the time. "

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Original Faith is available online at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and BarnesAndNoble.com. From India: Infibeam and Flipkart. Also available by special order at your favorite bookstore (ISBN: 978-1-934611-00-5).

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