THE WAY OF RADIANCE is a powerful and dynamic book, designed to make the foundations of advanced spiritual development accessible. Based on our human design, THE WAY OF RADIANCE highlights profound pith teachings from many of the spiritual traditions of humanity, and builds upon them. Using a text and cartoon format creates a dynamic, playful, and practical pathway to spiritual practice & development, and opening to our true nature. Lar C. Short is the founder & spiritual director of Grace Essence Mandala (GEM). GEM is a non-sectarian, non-dogmatic spiritual organization, based on the fact that transcendence is basic for all human beings, prior to and beyond the limits of any tradition. Lar has over 50 years of formal spiritual work and teaching. He is known for his ability to make esoteric and complex teachings accessible by clearly and powerfully distilling the pith teachings into step-by-step instructions, and powerful practices. He does this from life-long work in many spiritual traditions including; Tibetan Buddhism, Shaivite, Kriya Yoga, Esoteric Christianity, Zen Buddhism, Mikkyo, and Accelerated Learning & developmental education.