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Title: Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
Subtitle: Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serenity, and Hope
Author: John O'Donohue
Narrator: John O'Donohue
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-13-15
Publisher: Sounds True
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 108 votes
Genres: Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration
Publisher's Summary:
The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and in ourselves. When we experience the Beautiful, there is a wonderful sense of homecoming; we feel fully alive. Our lives become illuminated, and behind the shudder of appearances we come to glimpse the sure form of things. On Beauty: The Invisible Embrace, Irish poet and philosopher John O'Donohue invites us to remember and to awaken the Beautiful; it is always secretly there, awaiting but our attention and reverence in order to come alive. Beauty is the true priestess of individuation. But our times are dominated by anxiety and by what is vulgar, coarse, and artificial. Were Beauty to awaken in the fields of politics, religion, planning, discourse, and seeing, our world would heal, and fresh wells of hope would refresh us. Kathleen Raine, the English poet says: "Strangest of all is the ease with which the vision is lost, consciousness contracts, we forget over and over again, until recollection is stirred by some icon of that beauty. Then we remember and wonder why we ever forgot."
Members Reviews:
Rediscovering the Beauty around us and in us.
If you could sum up Beauty: The Invisible Embrace in three words, what would they be?
Thoughtful. Brilliant. Peaceful.
What did you like best about this story?
Not a story - duh. John O'Donohue is a gifted teacher and weaver of words.
What about John O'Donohues performance did you like?
Gaelic Lilt.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Had to listen to much of it more than once. Full of deep heart.
Any additional comments?
I ll likely listen to it again.
A book as beautiful as its title would suggest
What made the experience of listening to Beauty: The Invisible Embrace the most enjoyable?
This is some of the most moving, profound, wisdom-inducing literature I have ever encountered. I began to look at the world with fresh vision from the initial minutes, and my growth in perception continued through to the end and into subsequent listenings (three to date).
The book would be only half of itself without the author's lyrical delivery--a thing of beauty in itself--but even then that would be plenty. I recently heard a poem by Donohue recited by another reader, and it was beautiful and insightful, but nothing can replace Donohue's own inimitable voice in its expressive power and understanding.
I came to learn about the meaning of reverence and the relationship between mystery and beauty, and so much more. I felt truly edified by this book, and that I grew as a person from it. Thank you John O'Donohue.
a wealth of insights
John O'Donohue wisdom on beauty is incredible. Having it read by the author is a true gift.
Stunning book
One of the best and most beautiful books I have ever read. This book is beauty itself.
Beautiful in Every Way ...
And enlightening book read with verve and passion by it's author John O'Donoghue. I highly recommend this book for anyone who needs to see the magnificence of this world through new eyes.