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Eternal Echoes
  • Published: 6 October 2000
  • ISBN: 9780553812411
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $35.00

Eternal Echoes

Exploring Our Hunger To Belong




An illuminating, profoundly inspirational work which explores that most basic human desire - the desire to belong.

There is a divine restlessness in the human heart today, an eternal echo of longing that lives deep within us and never lets us settle for what we have or where we are. Now, in this exquisitely crafted, inspirational book, John O'Donohue explores that most basic of human desires - the desire to belong. It is a desire that constantly draws us towards new possibilities of self-discovery, friendship and creativity.

In Eternal Echoes John O'Donohue embarks upon a journey of discovery into the heart of our post-modern world - a hungry, homeless world that suffers from a deep sense of isolation and fragmentation. With the thousand-year-old shelter of divine belonging now shattered, we seem to have lost our way in this magical, wondrous universe.

Here, as we explore perennial themes and gain insight from a range of ancient beliefs, we draw inspiration from Ireland's rich spiritual heritage of Celtic thought and imagination. It is a heritage of profound, mystical wisdom that will open pathways to peace and contentment, and lead us to live with creativity, honour and compassion the one life that has been given to us.
Destined to become a timeless classic of vision and hope, this is an imaginative tour de force by one of today's most inspirational writers.

  • Published: 6 October 2000
  • ISBN: 9780553812411
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $35.00

About the author

John O'Donohue

John O'Donohue, Ph.D., was born in County Clare in 1956. He spoke Gaelic as his native language and lived in a remote cottage in the west of Ireland until his untimely death in January 2008. A highly respected poet and philosopher, he lectured in Europe and America and wrote a number of international bestsellers: Anam Cara, Eternal Echoes, Divine Beauty and Benedictus, which he completed shortly before he died. He also wrote two collections of poetry, Conamara Blues and Echoes of Memory, his first published work.

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Praise for Eternal Echoes

As diaphanous and beautiful as the spiritual reality he is portraying, Eternal Echoes speaks to the soul

Larry Dossey, author of Recovering Your Soul