Views of the Moon: Tales for Meditators

John Richard Sack has a BA in English from Yale University and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington. Fresh from high school, John entered Our Lady of Gethsemani Trappist Abbey in Kentucky where Thomas Merton was his novice master. In his thirties, he trained in a Hindu ashram in Ganeshpuri, India under Swami Muktananda. Spiritual awakening and transformation are common themes in both his fiction and nonfiction books. Other works include the internationally-acclaimed novel, The Franciscan Conspiracy (available in seventeen languages) and a companion work, Angel’s Passage (available in three languages). The Wolf in Winter is a fictional tale of the early career of Francis of Assisi. Other fiction and short stories, including his Trappist Tales, can be found on his Amazon author page. His nonfiction Yearning for the Father and Mystic Mountain are guides to the contemplative journey. Today, he writes and homesteads at Casa Chiara Hermitage in southern Oregon with his wife, Christin Lore Weber, author of many books related to spiritual growth.