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Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
- Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serenity, and Hope
- Narrated by: John O'Donohue
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and in ourselves. When we experience the Beautiful, there is a wonderful sense of homecoming; we feel fully alive. Our lives become illuminated, and behind the shudder of appearances we come to glimpse the sure form of things. On Beauty: The Invisible Embrace, Irish poet and philosopher John O'Donohue invites us to remember and to awaken the Beautiful; it is always secretly there, awaiting but our attention and reverence in order to come alive. Beauty is the true priestess of individuation. But our times are dominated by anxiety and by what is vulgar, coarse, and artificial. Were Beauty to awaken in the fields of politics, religion, planning, discourse, and seeing, our world would heal, and fresh wells of hope would refresh us. Kathleen Raine, the English poet says: "Strangest of all is the ease with which the vision is lost, consciousness contracts, we forget over and over again, until recollection is stirred by some icon of that beauty. Then we remember and wonder why we ever forgot."
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- Pauline King
- 12-03-2020
A Pleasurable Listening Experience
This seeies of talks from the late John O'Donohue is a thoughtful and inspiring journey into the many facets of beauty to be found within the world, within people, within the human soul. I will listen many times to this, just for the meditative and inspirational content and the joy of listening to his lilting Irish accent.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-08-2020
The architecture of the Soul articulated with brilliance
I love the writings, work and authorship of
John O’Donohue. I always have. I always will.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-03-2022
Heart Opening.Beauty
This is food for the soul. What a gift it is to the world in these challenging times. Thank you John
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- Aine O Mahony
- 18-12-2022
Balm for the soul
Balm for the soul. The words will quench your thirst and help you feel more peaceful, calm and aware. John O’ Donohue is a beautiful writer, poet, and teacher.
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- YK
- 16-08-2021
Wonderful
Words don’t suffice- simply beautiful- thankful for this gift. But I’m required to provide more words so I’ll also say this work is inspirational.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-03-2022
Deeply enriching
Beauty on beauty. I found myself scrambling to write down names or poets, theologians and philosophers as well as the authors own words - pure delight.
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-08-2022
An absolutely stunning book, soothing to listen to
This book is a must have.
I love it so much, I’ve bought the paperback book too.
John’s voice is soothing and his content is insightful, poignant and opens the mind to beautiful new perspectives.
Highly recommend!
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- Stephen Tollestrup
- 31-07-2021
Insight after insight
With a wonderful Irish lilt and mastery of language John O Donahue takes you into the deepest and most satisfying conversation on beauty. Gorgeous and Sublime.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-08-2021
What a wonderful man
Such a privilege to hear and listen to John O"Donohue in this remarkable book. He had me hook, line and sinker.
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- Michele masters
- 15-07-2019
The voice, the words Sublime
loved this book beyond words. I felt it.....A true heart story coming from eyes of spirit. John odonahue walked the earth for a short time but his impact continues through his work.
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