Care of the Soul is considered to be one of the best primers for soul work ever written. Thomas Moore, an internationally renowned theologian and former Catholic monk, offers a philosophy for living that involves accepting our humanity rather than struggling to transcend it. By nurturing the soul in everyday life, Moore shows how to cultivate dignity, peace, and depth of character. For example, in addressing the importance of daily rituals he writes, "Ritual maintains the world's holiness. As in a dream a small object may assume significance, so in a life that is animated by ritual there are no insignificant things." This is the eloquence that helped reintroduce the sacred into everyday language and contemporary values.


From Publishers Weekly
Therapist and religious historian Moore's invigorating guide to a "soulful" life poses a radical challenge to contemporary psychotherapy. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From Book News, Inc.
With all the care given to our bodies, intellect, and emotions, Moore feels it's about time we look after the source of it all--the soul. Moore draws from his experiences as a therapist and his lifelong campaign of exposing the connection between spirituality and the problems of individuals and society. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.



"Thoughtful, eloquent, inspiring."



"Care of the Soul has struck a national nerve."


Book Description
This New York Times bestseller (more than 200,000 hardcover copies sold) provides a path-breaking lifestyle handbook that shows how to add spirituality, depth, and meaning to modern-day life by nurturing the soul.


About the Author
Thomas Moore was a monk in a Catholic religious order for twelve years and has degrees in theology, musicology, and philosophy.A former professor of psychology, he is the author of Care of the Soul, Soul Mates, The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life, The Education of the Heart,The Soul of Sex, and Original Self.He lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two children.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This New York Times bestseller provides a path-breaking lifestyle handbook that shows how to add spirituality, depth, and meaning to modern-day life by nurturing the soul.

FROM THE CRITICS

James Hillman

The sincerity, intelligence and style — so beautifully clean — of Tom Moore's Care of the Soul truly moved me. The book's got strength and class and soul, and I suspect may last longer than psychology itself.

Sam Keen

This book just may help you give up the futile quest for salvation and get down to the possible task of taking care of your soul. A modest, and therefore marvelous, book about the life of the spirit.

John Bradshaw

From time to time I've been jolted by an extraordinary book which stops my world. It forces me to look at reality in a different way — a more expansive and meaningful way. It has provided a missing piece for me.

Colleen O'Connor

Care of the Soul has struck a national nerve. —Dallas Morning News

Alix Madrigal