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#1 New York Times Bestseller • More than 1.5 Million Copies Sold
Thomas Moore’s now classic work provides a powerful spiritual message for our troubled times.
In Care of the Soul readers are presented with a revolutionary approach to thinking about daily life—everyday activities, events, problems and creative opportunities—and a therapeutic lifestyle is proposed that focuses on looking more deeply into emotional problems and learning how to sense sacredness in even ordinary things.
Basing his writing on the ancient model of “care of the soul”—which provided a religious context for viewing the everyday events of life—Moore brings “care of the soul” into the 21st century. Promising to deepen and broaden the reader’s perspective on his or her own life experiences, Moore draws on his own life as a therapist practicing “care of the soul,” as well as his studies of the world’s religions and his work in music and art, to create this inspirational guide that examines the connections between spirituality and the problems of individuals and society.Â
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“My brother-in-law gave me this book. It sat on my shelf for several years before I got around to reading it. Maybe I needed to wait. Because when I did read, I was hooked by the first paragraph. It is not the normal self help book. In fact, it’s not a self help book at all (although, that’s where you’ll find it in the library). It doesn’t give you answers. It’s the questions that are important. He explores archetypes: character, situation, story lines…just to name a few. He expores myths, too. I find echoes of Joseph Campbell and Robert Bly in all his writings. I’m lucky because he seems to be speaking directly to me. That kind of author. I’ve used some of his other stuff in my Humanities class, as well as my AP classes studying Thoreau and Emerson. Read with an open mind that is inquisitive and you’ll be surprised what will happen.”
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Tim (5 out of 5 stars)
