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Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom Paperback - 1998
by John O'Donohue; Foreword by Michael D. Higgins; Afterword by Pat O'Donohue
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Discover the Celtic Circle of BelongingJohn 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 generousThe human heart is never completely bornLove as ancient recognitionThe body is the angel of the soulSolitude is luminousBeauty likes neglected placesThe passionate heart never agesTo benatural is to be holySilence is the sister of the divineDeath as an invitation to freedom
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Readers largely praise John O’Donohue’s Anam Cara as a poetic, contemplative meditation on Celtic spirituality that rewards slow, reflective reading. Many call it life-affirming and re-readable, valuing its insights on friendship, nature, solitude, aging, and death, and its capacity to comfort and inspire. Detractors find the prose flowery, sermon-like, or loosely structured, and some are put off by its Christian inflection or question its handling of Celtic sources. Even mixed reactions note an abundance of memorable lines, making it best suited to seekers of gentle, reflective wisdom rather than readers wanting brisk narrative or rigorous theology.
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- Title Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
- Author John O'Donohue; Foreword by Michael D. Higgins; Afterword by Pat O'Donohue
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1St Edition
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication date November 1, 1998
- ISBN 9780060929435 / 006092943X
- Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.31 x 0.58 in (20.32 x 13.49 x 1.47 cm)
- Category Religion - Inspirational/Spirituality
- Library of Congress subjects Spiritual life, Celts - Ireland - Religion
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97019212
- Dewey Decimal Code 291
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