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  Studies in Comparative Religion
The First English Journal on Traditional Studies - established 1963
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James Cowan
James Cowan is an author with a broad range of interests and knowledge. His is particularly noted for his writings on the aboriginal peoples and traditions of Australia. Mysteries of the Dream-time: Spiritual Life of the Australian Aborigines (Prism Press, 1989) and Letters from a Wild State: Rediscovering our True Relationship to Nature (Bell Tower, 1992) are two of Cowan’s books that deal extensively with these aboriginal people and their ways. Cowan’s interests encompass many Traditionalist themes in general. Two of his books on Christian sanctity are Desert Father: A Journey in the Wilderness with Saint Anthony (New Seeds, 2006) and Francis: A Saint's Way (Liguori Publications, 2001). Cowan has also delved into fiction, including his novel A Mapmaker's Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice (Trafalgar Square, 1997), which won the Australian Literary Society's Gold Medal. James Cowan contributed the essay “Wild Stones: Spiritual Discipline and Psychic Power among Aboriginal Clever Men” to the Winter-Spring 1985 edition of Studies.

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