This title aims to provide an inspirational guide to beauty, creativity and
the imagination.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 traditions, on art, music, literature, nature
and language, O'Donohue reveals how beauty's invisible embrace invites us
towards new heights of passion and creativity.; DIVINE BEAUTY is an exquisite treasury of Forms of the Beautiful. Its
surface employs narrative, image, anecdote and myth, while into the silence of
its subtext are sown seeds of reflection that gradually blossom in the
heart.
