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Walking in Wonder

Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World.

Audiobook (Includes supplementary content)
1 of 2 copies available
1 of 2 copies available

From the mountains of Connemara to friendly pub conversations, John O’Donohue had the ability to make the most numinous questions personal. Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for the Modern World shows that even though this beloved poet and philosopher is no longer among us, his words still breathe with vibrant life.
Including a foreword written by Krista Tippett and narration by John’s brother Pat O’Donohue, this unabridged audiobook presents a collection of new teachings. Based on conversations over years with Irish broadcaster John Quinn, these selections include thoughts on the gifts of aging, our fascinating relationship with memory, and why we need not fear death.·      Why the insights of mystics like Meister Eckhart are more relevant than ever in a world prioritizing image over substance
·      Contemplation of nature, its landscapes, and our intertwined relationship with both
·      A reading of one of the special dawn Easter masses given by John at Corcomroe Abbey in his beloved Co. Clare, Ireland
·      Poems and blessings in celebration of the ache of absence, imagination, and the turning of the seasons
·      Life’s hidden narratives—whether in the history of mountains or your inner world

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 24, 2018
      This marvelous posthumous collection from Irish poet-philosopher O’Donohue (Anam Cara) comes as an unexpected gift for his fans. These originally spoken essays, talks from Irish National Radio selected by radio broadcaster John Quinn, revive O’Donohue’s unique perspective. O’Donohue was a persuasive popularizer of contemporary Celtic spirituality with a gift for hybridizing his roots in the Irish landscape with more rarified elements of German idealism—from the mysticism of Meister Eckhart to the philosophy of Hegel. His topics, including landscape, aging, and memory, are hardly original, but O’Donohue brings lyrical novelty to his reflections (“Memory, as a kingdom, is full of the ruins of presence”). Some selections are deeper and better than others, underscoring the absence of an author who might better polish his words for print. Particularly haunting in their suggestiveness and brevity are O’Donohue’s short meditations on death, given his own premature death at age 52 in 2008. O’Donohue’s work remains a rich banquet for those interested in spirituality and his particular expression of contemporary Celtic mysticism.

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