This article illustrates how the dual processes of autobiographical reflection and academic study ("currere") have contributed to my understanding of the spirituality of education. It begins with a short autobiographical account of my experience as a secondary school student which serves as a reference point for the rest of the paper. I then endeavour to untangle the multi-stranded concept of spirituality, based on a synthesis of appropriate literature. From this synthesis, I identify three constructs which, for me, have been most salient in the development of my understanding of the concept of spirituality of education: transcendence, sense of self and attunement. There follows sequential analysis of the how these constructs have contributed to my understanding, together with clarification of the coherence across them.