Mirabai Starr
Author of the God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and translator of the critically acclaimed new translations of the mystics, including The Dark Night of The Soul, and Theresa of Avila: The book of my life, Mirabai Starr uses fresh, lyrical language to help make timeless wisdom accessible to a contemporary circle of seekers. Mirabai has been an adjunct professor of Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos since 1993. She speaks and teaches nationally and internationally on the teachings of the mystics and contemplative practice, and is a certified bereavement counselor. She lives in the mountains of Northern New Mexico with her husband, Jeff Little (Ganga Das). Between them, Mirabai and Jeff have four grown daughters and six grandchildren. Mirabai’s youngest daughter, Jenny, was killed in a car accident in 2001 at the age of fourteen. On that same day, Mirabai’s first book, a translation of Dark Night of the Soul, was released. She considers this experience, and the connection between profound loss and longing for God, the ground of her own spiritual life. Mirabai can be found on the web at www.Mirabaistarr.com
