Marlene is the first to take seriously the use of poetry as a way of making the Spiritual Exercises. - Rev William Barry SJ, author of Letting God Come Close. I am very familiar with the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, but the invitation offered by this book opened doors that I did not even know were there in the walls of my understanding and perception. Dr. Marburg has drawn together an astonishingly original landscape of prayer through which she invites us to encounter more deeply the Mystery in whom we live and move and have our being. This landscape comprises words, movement, poetry, image, music, ideas and responses while remaining faithful to the spirit and structure of the Ignatian Exercises. A remarkable achievement that will become a powerful personal guide to many who long to take their inner journey to a deeper level.

- Margaret Silf, speaker and retreat director and author of Born to Fly: a Handbook for Butterflies in Waiting. I feel privileged to experience the expansiveness, depth and power of 'felt knowledge' and creative poetic talent. It is a great contribution to the fields of spirituality, psychological and spiritual healing, and spiritual direction. - Maureen Conroy RSM, PhD,.