God's Dictionary by Susan Corso (2002, Paperback)

God’s Dictionary – Divine Definitions for Everyday Enlightenment, Susan Corso, 2002. Tarcher/Putnam, New York. According to the holy books of every religion the power is in the word. Words seem to overwhelm our lives with the explosion in technology and the meanings seem to get lost. But the power is still there. So Susan Corso set out to discover the meaning of the most common words she repeatedly heard in her counseling sessions. However, she did not want to use the secular resources for this discovery process. Thus, Corso offers us the spiritual etymology – origin and history – of each word along with a brief illustrative essay and an infinition. Infinition? Ah, this is Corso’s invention to invite you to expand the use of this spiritual meaning as you speak a word. To include rather than merely define. Corso invites you to take a deep breath, focus on an issue in your life, and then flip the book open to discover a word. Read the entry and then meditate on how this word, this power, applies to your situation.