Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World by John Philip Newell
285 Pages
Publisher: Harper One
Release Date: July 6, 2021
Nonfiction (Adult), Religion, Spirituality, Self-Help, Celtic, Metaphysical, Nature
The book is divided into the following chapters.
Chapter 1: Sacred Soul – Pelagius
Chapter 2: Sacred Feminine – St. Brigid of Kildare
Chapter 3: Sacred Flow – John Scotus Eriugena
Chapter 4: Sacred Song – The Carmina Gadelica
Chapter 5: Sacred Imagination – Alexander John Scott
Chapter 6: Sacred Earth – John Muir
Chapter 7: Sacred Matter – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Chapter 8: Sacred Compassion – George MacLeod
Chapter 9: Sacred Journey- Kenneth White
This book tells the story of the Celtic people and their culture beginning with the first historically recorded writer, a monk named Pelaguis. He continues with Brigid including Celtic and fifth century Christian stories. Chapters three discusses how Celtic wisdom began to take on a more philosophical form and chapter four shows the separation of church and state. The history then moves to the nineteenth century where the reader learns about the divine within all things and goes onto John Muir, one of the most prominent ecologists of modern times. This is a wonderful book and I recommend it to anyone interested in Celtic history.
