Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
Author(s): John O'Donoghue
Discover the Celtic Circle of Belonging
John O'Donohue, poet, philosopher, and scholar, guides you through the spiritual landscape of the Irish imagination. In "Anam Cara, " Gaelic for "soul friend," the ancient teachings, stories, and blessings of Celtic wisdom provide such profound insights on the universal themes of friendship, solitude, love, and death as:
- Light is generous
- The human heart is never completely born
- Love as ancient recognition
- The body is the angel of the soul
- Solitude is luminous
- Beauty likes neglected places
- The passionate heart never ages
- To benatural is to be holy
- Silence is the sister of the divine
- Death as an invitation to freedom
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Product Information
"John O'Donohue is an unassuming man with a grand sense of humor... charming."-- Joy Redfield Kwapien, author of "The Celestine Journal""This beautifully written book proves that tireless wisdom can bring an amazing understanding about ourselves and the world around us even today."-- Dannion Brinkley author of, "Saved by the Light" and" Peace in the Light"""Anam Cara" is a radiant source of wisdom, a link between the human and the divine. This work is a blessed, rare gem."-- Larry Dossey, M.D., author of "Be Careful What You Pray For, Prayer Is Good Medicine, " and "Healing Words" executive editor, "Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine""A lively spiritual companion to all Celts--or to those who are Celtic in their hearts." -- "Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- : HarperPaperbacks
- : 0.191
- : 01 December 1998
- : 217mm X 122mm X 15mm
- : United States
- : 01 January 2022
- : books
Special Fields
- : John O'Donoghue
- : Paperback
- : 1098
- : en
- : 291.4
- : 256