The Magdalene Revolution

Andrew Harvey is the founder and director of the Institute for Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability. An internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, and teacher, he is the author of over 30 books, including the critically acclaimed Way of Passion- A Celebration of Rumi, as well as The Hope, Journey to Ladakh, The Return of the Mother, Son of Man, and The Direct Path- Creating a Journey to the Divine Using the World’s Mystical Traditions. He is also co-author of the best-selling The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. His work has been honored with the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Mind Body Spirit Award (both for Mary’s Vineyard- Daily Readings, Meditations, and Revelations, with photographs by Eryk Hanut), and the Christmas Humphries Award for A Journey in Ladakh. Born in south India in 1952, Harvey studied at Oxford University and became a Fellow of All Soul’s College in 1973.