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Anam Cara: Wisdom from the Celtic World
(Audio, 1996)
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Author: John O'Donohue
This entrancing book explores the tenets of the Celtic tradition, that mystical, highly spiritual wa...
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This entrancing book explores the tenets of the Celtic tradition, that mystical, highly spiritual way of looking at the world that prevailed in Ireland and Great Britain for thousands of years before the arrival of Christianity. Using language as inspirational and poetic as that of ancient scholars, John O'Donohue adapts these tenets for use in contemporary society, thus fulfilling the Celtic ideal of merging past with present. The goal here is to step outside of modern life and come to see that the space within the soul is just as vast and mysterious as the space without, and that the doorway between these spaces is the senses. Through Anam Cara ( "Soul Friend" in the Celtic language), O'Donohue points the way toward a more harmonious integration with the visible world of the everyday and the invisible world of the spirit.
| Size | | Height: | 10.0 in | | Width: | 9.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 18.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Anam is the Gaelic word for soul; cara is the word for friend. So Anam Cara means soul friend." So begins poet, priest and scholar O'Donohue as he examines the meanings and different phases of the Celtic life and how they blend together, symbolized by the Celtic circle. Through a series of short essays, he looks at love and contends that "technology and media are not uniting the world." In a world preoccupied with computers and the Internet, O'Donohue turns back to earth and nature and the Celts' obsession with them. Although a Catholic priest, he urges "acceptance of eros," which was rudimentary to the Celt. He defines "styles of visions" and breaks them down into fearful, greedy, judgmental, resentful, indifferent, inferior and loving, and he shows how they have robbed our hearts in a modern society. He looks on negative qualities vices to most people and urges us "to exercise kindness towards them." He warns "that one of the greatest sins is the unlived life." O'Donohue also examines creativity in the workplace; aging a time of freedom, he says and the importance of "time as a circle"; and finally, the meeting with the one that "came out of the womb with you" death. Decorated with the myths of old Ireland faeries, forts, ghosts, the sacredness of the land and the imagination of the people and ingrained with a sense of deep Irishness, this book will be a lively spiritual companion to all Celts or to those who are Celtic in their hearts. 150,000 first printing; $150,000 ad/promo; author tour; rights: Kim Witherspoon. (Oct.)
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