The White Stone: Selections from George MacDonald

To him who overcomes will I . . . give a white stone,
and in the stone a new name written,
which no one knows, except the one who receives it.
--Revelation 2:17

To him who overcomes will I . . . give a white stone,
and in the stone a new name written,
which no one knows, except the one who receives it.
--Revelation 2:17To him who overcomes will I . . . give a white stone,
and in the stone a new name written,
which no one knows, except the one who receives it.
--Revelation 2:17

"It is only when the person has become the name," writes George MacDonald, "that God gives the stone with the name upon it, for only then can the person understand what that name signifies. It is the blossom, the perfection, the completion, that determines the name; and God foresees that from the first." This theology of love, hope, and affirmation runs through all of MacDonald's writings.

Anamchara Books has pulled out some of the best of this writing and arranged them thematically. Each page-long thought is intended to be read slowly, one at a time, and pondered. This is the sort of book that s meant to be picked up for five minutes and put down again, while a kernel of insight takes root in your mind throughout the day.

"It is only when the person has become the name," writes George MacDonald, "that God gives the stone with the name upon it, for only then can the person understand what that name signifies. It is the blossom, the perfection, the completion, that determines the name; and God foresees that from the first." This theology of love, hope, and affirmation runs through all of MacDonald's writings.

Anamchara Books has pulled out some of the best of this writing and arranged them thematically. Each page-long thought is intended to be read slowly, one at a time, and pondered. This is the sort of book that s meant to be picked up for five minutes and put down again, while a kernel of insight takes root in your mind throughout the day.

"Each is growing toward the revelation of that secret to ourselves," writes MacDonald. "Every moment that we are true to our true selves, some new shine of the white stone breaks on our inward eyes."

"Each is growing toward the revelation of that secret to ourselves," writes MacDonald. "Every moment that we are true to our true selves, some new shine of the white stone breaks on our inward eyes."