Mountains of Spices

I found this to be a highly engaging book especially for those who yearn for something more than a shallow Christian allegory. Hurnard writes about the character Grace and Glory (from Hinds Feet in High Places) and how she visits and learns about each of the Shepherd King's seven mountains (the fruits of the Spirit). Betwen each montain visit there is a narrative dealing with another citizen from the Valley of Humiliation, Grace and Glory's hometown). With a keen insight into the human condition and the grace of Jesus Christ that yearns for everyone, the author makes each character real and plausible. For me it was a moving experience in contemplative prayer!

This book may be a little bit slow moving for some readers--for many readers, actually--but it has powerful payoff. It's the sort of book which you almost have to eat a nibble at a time because it is so rich you won't get its full taste otherwise.

With Much-Afraid now transformed into Grace and Glory by the Shepherd in Hinds' Feet on High Places, Hannah Hurnard shows in this sequel the next step in the Christian walk--that of service down in the Valley of Humiliation. Grace and Glory finds that it is not easy to come down off the mountain where peace and joy reign and mix with the ordinary, problem-laden citizens of the Valley of Humiliation. Continuing in her allegorical style of writing, Hannah Hurnard shows us how Dismal Forebodings, Gloomy, Spiteful, Bitterness, Murmuring and Self-Pity are also transformed through Grace and Glory's love and service to a broken world.

This was a nice story of people giving up their bad traits when they encounter the Shepherd and given new names. I personally like the chapters on the mountains the best with the spices representing different fruits of the Spirit.

An allegory of the nine spices mentioned in Song of Solomon compared with the nine fruits of the Spirit. This is a sequel to "Hinds Feet on High Places".

An allegory in which Mrs. Dismal Forebodings, Old Lord Fearing, Sir Arrogant, Umbrage, Resentment, Craven Fear and others create conflict with Grace, Glory, Mrs. Valiant, and Peace.

Wonderful allegory. So where I was at the time I read it.