This is a six-cassette, eight-hour retreat led by John O'Donohue, an Irish Catholic priest, poet, and scholar, who has a deep respect for the secrets of the soul, the power of imagination, "the wellspring of love" within us, and the potency of everyday spirituality. The themes of these tapes are: Your Solitude Is Luminous, A Spirituality of the Senses, The Mystery of Friendship, Work as a Poetics of Growth, the Beauty of the Inner Harvest, and Death: The Horizon Is in the Well.
O'Donohue uses Celtic poetry, mythology, blessings, and nature spirituality to delineate the varied moods, meanings, wildness, and mystery of the soul. He comes across not as a lecturer but as a "soul friend" who helps us tap the eternal within us, appreciate the numinous, and plumb the depths of our daily experiences. Whether talking about solitude, the human face, eros, shape-shifting, the circle, or hospitality toward death, O'Donohue brings poetry, passion, and illumination to these topics. Anam Cara: Wisdom from the Celtic World is an audio retreat that will make your soul sing!