Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

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

• To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
• Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong
• Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
• Four Elements: Reflections on Nature
• Echoes of Memory
• The Story of Monasticism: Retrieving an Ancient Tradition for Contemporary Spirituality
• Can I Get a Witness?: Thirteen Peacemakers, Community-Builders, and Agitators for Faith and Justice