Earth Angels Engaging the Sacred in Everyday Things

Name: Earth Angels Engaging the Sacred in Everyday Things
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ISBN: 9781570626401

ISBN-10: 1570626405

ISBN-13: 9781570626401

Edition: N/A

Authors: Shaun McNiff, Thomas Moore

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By the time you finish this book, the term "inanimate object" will no longer have a place in your vocabulary, for Shaun McNiff will awaken you to the wondrous energies streaming out of familiar things and bringing a sense of magic into everyday life. Join the author as he discovers the autonomous spirits of a silver Mercedes convertible, a mysterious cigarette burn on the dining room table, and the scary shadow of a tree outside a child's room. Contemplate with him the bleakness of a hotel conference room and the crucifix that hung over his childhood bed. Let him lead you on a field trip to the "unholy lands" of the shopping mall and faculty meeting, to the familiar spirits of his seaside…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.02" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments



Through the Eyes of Angels


A new way of looking


A silver Mercedes convertible


"Not I, not I"


Seeing connections


Things to do



Intimate Rites


Early memories of ensouled things


Domestic spirits


Shrine-making


Things to do



The Creative Spirit


Angels fly out from everything


"Every instant in a new cloak"


Presence


Creating with the world


Things to do



Topsy-Turvy


Inverted perspectives


The church and the museum


Love thy demons as thyself


Angels of the wound


Things to do



Exaltation Before Things


Images of the beloved


Soulful materialism


The enticements of water


Dreams


The image is the fulfillment of the soul's desire


Things to do


Notes


Index