John O'Donohue is the author of the award-winning and international bestseller Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
and Eternal Echoes: Exploring Our Yearning to Belong. He also is the author of a book on Hegel's philosophy, Person
als Vermittlung, published in Germany in 1993, and a collection of poetry Echoes of Memory published in 1994.
He is an Irish poet and Catholic scholar whose acclaimed writings reveal an original thinker rooted in an unorthodox
blend of Irish heritage, German philosophy, and an intimate relationship with the wild, luminous landscape of his
Connamara home. A gifted and delightful speaker, John O'Donohue lectures and leads seminars throughout the U.S.
and Europe, encouraging audiences to become artists of their own deepest possibility.
His other works include a series of monographs on the four elements:Stone as Tabernacle of Memory; Water: The Tears
of the Earth; Fire: At Home at the Hearth of Spirit; and Air: Breath of God.
Review
"John O'Donohue is an unassuming man with a grand sense of humor... charming."
-- Joy Redfield Kwapien, author of The Celestine Journal
"This beautifully written book proves that tireless wisdom can bring an amazing understanding about ourselves
and the world around us even today."
-- Dannion Brinkley author of, Saved by the Light and Peace in the Light
"Anam Cara is a radiant source of wisdom, a link between the human and the divine. This work is a blessed,
rare gem."
-- Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Be Careful What You Pray For, Prayer Is Good Medicine, and Healing Words executive
editor, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
"A lively spiritual companion to all Celts--or to those who are Celtic in their hearts."
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Submitted by Publisher, June, 2001
Summary
Discover the Celtic Circle of Belonging 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:
