Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"Anam Cara is a rare synthesis of philosophy, poetry, and spirituality. This work will have a powerful and life-transforming experience for those who read it." —Deepak Chopra 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:
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Contents
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TOWARD A SPIRITUALITY OF THE SENSES | 37 |
SOLITUDE IS LUMINOUS | 78 |
WORK AS A POETICS OF GROWTH | 126 |
THE BEAUTY OF THE INNER HARVEST | 162 |
THE HORIZON IS IN THE WELL | 199 |
Death Transfigures Our Separation | 224 |
FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING | 233 |
vii | 235 |
Other editions - View all
Anam Cara [Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition]: A Book of Celtic Wisdom John O'Donohue Limited preview - 2022 |
Anam Cara [Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition]: A Book of Celtic Wisdom John O'Donohue No preview available - 2022 |
Common terms and phrases
anam cara ancient awaken beautiful beautifully become belonging blessing body breath Brighid bring Celtic mind Celtic spirituality Celtic tradition Celtic world Celts children of Lir circle clay comes completely Connemara creativity darkness death deeper deepest depth destiny divine earth empty ence eternal world everything experience expression false fear feel Fionn Fionn Mac Cumhaill force friendship gaze gift growth healing heart hidden human face imagination inner world invisible Ireland Irish journey landscape language light linear lives loneliness lonely look meet Meister Eckhart memory mirror mystery nature negative ness never night nothingness Oisín old age Pangur Bán person poem possibility R. S. Thomas recognize rhythm sacred secret sense shape shelter silence solitude someone soul story surface T. S. Eliot things thought threshold Tony O'Malley touch transfiguration uncon unknown vision Waiting for Godot wisdom wonderful words workplace wounds
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