Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul, John Philip Newell
Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul, John Philip Newell
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Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul
Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World

Author: John Philip Newell

Narrator: Angus King

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/06/2021


Synopsis

A leading spiritual teacher reveals how Celtic spirituality—listening to the sacred around us and inside of us—can help us heal the earth, overcome our conflicts, and reconnect with ourselves.

John Philip Newell shares the long, hidden tradition of Celtic Christianity, explaining how this earth-based spirituality can help us rediscover the natural rhythms of life and deepen our spiritual connection with God, with each other, and with the earth. Newell introduces some of Celtic Christianity’s leading practitioners, both saints and pioneers of faith, whose timeless wisdom is more necessary than ever, including:  Pelagius, who shows us how to look beyond sin to affirm our sacredness as part of all God’s creation, and courageously stand up for our principles in the face of oppression.Brigid of Kildare, who illuminates the interrelationship of all things and reminds us of the power of the sacred feminine to overcome those seeking to control us.John Muir, who encourages us to see the holiness and beauty of wilderness and what we must do to protect these gifts.Teilhard de Chardin, who inspires us to see how science, faith, and our future tell one universal story that begins with sacredness.By embracing the wisdom of Celtic Christianity, we can learn how to listen to the sacred and see the divine in all of creation and within each of us. Human beings are inherently spiritual creatures who intuitively see the sacred in nature and within one another, but our cultures—and at times even our faiths—have made us forget what each of us already know deep in our souls but have learned to suppress. Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul offers a new spiritual foundation for our lives, once centered on encouragement, guidance, and hope for creating a better world. 

About John Philip Newell

John Philip Newell is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher, speaker, and author of many books, including Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul, A New Ancient Harmony, and The Rebirthing of God. The former warden of Iona Abbey in the Western Isles of Scotland, he is the founder of Earth & Soul (A Celtic Initiative of Study, Spiritual Practice, and Compassionate Action) and teaches regularly in the United States and Canada as well as leading international pilgrimage weeks on Iona.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Deacon Tom on July 07, 2021

The book “Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul” by John Phillip Newell was simply outstanding! If were asked to teach a class on Celtic spirituality, my text would be this one! The outstanding qualities of this book arewas extremely well developed with dates, places, folktales and poems. Additionally, it has a......more

Goodreads review by Mattyk on February 26, 2022

I really wanted to like this book. But the author either really didn’t do his research, he has some axe to grind, or is just interested in selling books just in the new age category. This could have been so uplifting and unifying in its thought and its connection to the Christianity of today. But if......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on February 22, 2021

This book is a companion for learning, living, and embracing Celtic spirituality. It’s a spirituality firmly grounded in nature, in which God is found within everything and humanity is simply part of creation (rather than lord over it). The teachings are filled with community, connection and love. I......more

Goodreads review by Meghan on July 28, 2021

This book isn't perfect, but it's damn near close. Newell is a masterful researcher and storyteller. He develops an excellent thesis and gives us beautiful examples to support it. Modern Christianity does not have to reinvent the wheel to respond to the ecological crisis we face today. We have a ric......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on March 25, 2021

This would be an excellent book for church history fans or even for seminary course on church history. The content is rich, chronicling the history of natural-based spirituality from early times up until the twentieth century. The book is beautifully and thoroughly researched and presented in a high......more