Soul Surgery by H.A. Walter, M.A. - Sixth Edition
Soul-Surgery
Some Thoughts on Incisive Personal Work
by H. A. Walter, M.A.
Sixth Edition · Blandford Press · Undated · Hardcover with Original Dust Jacket
Description
Offered here is a Sixth Edition copy of Soul-Surgery: Some Thoughts on Incisive Personal Work by H. A. Walter. A fascinating early 20th-century manual of one-on-one spiritual counsel that later became closely associated with the methods of Frank Buchman’s movement (the Oxford Group).
Walter writes with the confidence of someone who believes change happens most powerfully person-to-person. The book is practical, direct, and designed to be used: how to gain trust, how to speak honestly, how to guide someone toward a decisive spiritual turning point, and how to help that change “stick” afterward.
Collectors often look for Soul-Surgery because it preserves, in plain language, the kind of grassroots spiritual “personal work” culture that surrounded early A.A.’s environment in the 1930s—long before recovery language became standardized in later literature.
The Five C’s
One of the most recognizable features of this book is its outline of Buchman’s “Five C’s” process:
Confidence · Confession · Conviction · Conversion · Conservation(Continuance)
This section alone is a major reason the title is remembered and sought after by Oxford Group / early recovery-history collectors.
Edition Details
Title: Soul-Surgery: Some Thoughts on Incisive Personal Work
Author: H. A. Walter, M.A.
Edition: Sixth Edition
Publisher: Blandford Press
Date: Undated (no publication date stated)
Format: Hardcover
Dust Jacket: Original dust jacket present
Condition
Very Good condition. Very little wear noted. Original dust jacket present.
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A classic “personal work” manual associated with the Oxford Group stream—especially desirable for collectors interested in the spiritual culture that helped shape early 20th-century recovery movements.
