DIVINE BEAUTY

In this eagerly awaited follow up to his international bestsellers Anam Cara and Eternal Echoes John O Donohue turns his attention to the subject of beauty the divine beauty that calls the imagination and awakens all that is noble in the human heart In these uncertain times of global conflict and crisis we are riven with anxiety our trust in the future has lost its innocence for we know now that anything can happen from one second to the next In such an unsheltered world it may sound naive to suggest that this might be the moment to invoke and awaken beauty yet this is exactly the claim that this book seeks to explore DIVINE BEAUTY is a gentle but urgent call to awaken O Donohue opens our eyes hearts and minds to the wonder of our own relationship with beauty Rather than covering this theme he uncovers it exposing the infinity and mystery of its breadth His words return us home to the dignity of silence the profundity of stillness the power of thought and perception and the eternal grace and generosity of beauty s presence In this masterful and revelatory work O Donohue encourages our greater intimacy with beauty and celebrates it for what it really is a homecoming of the human spirit As he focuses on the classical medieval and Celtic