Before the Living GodRuth Burrows is a Carmelite nun, and the author of three outstanding books on prayer Essence of Prayer, Guidelines for Mystical Prayer and Interior Castle Explored (all published by Continuum). Before the Living God is her autobiography the account of a life empty of outward incident after her early years, but rich with her own spiritual growth. She writes of the Christian's relationship with others and with God, of prayer, and of the life of the