Visions of Innocence

As a psychologist, biographer, and parent, I have long been interested in children's spirituality. My book Visions of Innocence is based on reports of childhood mystical or spiritual experiences provided by more than 200 men and women in North America and abroad. It was widely reviewed when it appeared and excerpted in many different periodicals devoted to religion and spirituality, both mainstream and unconventional, throughout North America and Europe. It remains a classic for those interested in children's spiritual experiences - whether clergy, teachers, psychologists, parents, or anyone who has experienced a powerful sense of the transcendent. The author Madeleine L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, said: "What a wonderful affirmation Edward Hoffman's Visions of Innocence will be for people who have had spiritual experiences he describes and have been laughed at or disbelieved. Surely these case histories should make all readers more tender in their responses to the numinous ins