John O. Donohue Książki

Czy można wybaczyć niewybaczalne?SS Obersturmführer Paul Meissner przybywa do obozu w Auschwitz wprost z frontu wschodniego. Ciężko ranny podczas walk może pełnić jedynie funkcje administracyjne. Jego pierwszym i najpilniejszym zadaniem jest wzmocnienie podupadającego morale odbywających służbę w obozie oficerów i żołnierzy. Meissner zakłada klub szachowy. Pomysł szybko chwyta, esesmani mają możliwość obstawiania wyników rozgrywek i zawierania nielegalnych zakładów. Tymczasem do Obersturmführera trafia informacja, że wśród więźniów są także szachiści, z których jeden, francuski Żyd Emil Clément, z zawodu zegarmistrz, cieszy się opinią niepokonanego…Głęboko poruszająca powieść o niezwykłej przyjaźni między nazistą i Żydem. „Szachy ze śmiercią” to książka wyzwanie. Stawia pytania o granice przebaczenia i cenę życia przepełnionego goryczą.

We have fallen out of belonging. Consequently, when we stand before crucial thresholds in our lives, we have no rituals to protect, encourage and guide us as we cross over into the unknown. For such crossings, we need to find new words. What is nearest to the heart is often farthest from the word. This book is an attempt to reach into that tenuous territory of change that we must cross...'In sharing words of profound grace and wisdom, master storyteller John O'Donohue's Benedictus offers blessings to shelter us as we confront the many challenges we face on our journey through life.Living in an anxious world - a world so often dominated by unwelcome change, unhappiness and even despair - many readers will find comfort in John O'Donohue's illuminating introductions, covering areas such as Beginnings, Desires, States of the Heart, Callings and Beyond Endings, and the blessings themselves provide an inspiring and reassuring new vision of possibility. It is also a vision of hope and belonging for this sometimes troubled world.

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

A beautiful collection of blessings to support you through both the ordinary and extraordinary events of life, from the author of the bestselling  Anam Cara “John O’Donohue is a man of the soul.”— Times  (London) To Bless the Space Between Us  is a compelling blend of elegant, poetic language and spiritual insight to offer readers comfort and encouragement on their journeys through life. John O’Donohue, Irish teacher and poet, looks at life’s thresholds—getting married, having children, starting a new job—and offers invaluable guidelines for making the transition from a known, familiar world into a new, unmapped territory. Most profoundly, however, O’Donohue explains “blessings” as a way of life, a lens through which the whole world is transformed. He awakens readers to timeless truths and shows the power they have to answer contemporary dilemmas and ease us through periods of change.

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.

In this revered classic, John O'Donohue excavates themes of friendship, belonging, solitude, creativity and the imagination, among many others. Widely recognized for bringing Celtic spirituality into modern dialogue, his unique insights from the ancient world speak with urgency for our need to rediscover the thresholds of the soul.

John O'Donohue won hundreds of thousands of admirers with his now classic work on Celtic spirituality, Anam Cara. Just as To Bless the Space Between Us was being published, he died suddenly at the age of fifty-two. His powerfully wise and lyrical voice is profoundly missed, but his many readers are now given a special opportunity to revisit John in his first book, a collection of poetry. O'Donohue's readers know him as both a spiritual guide and a poet. In the same spirit as his bestselling works, readers will be inspired yet again by John's depth of wisdom and artistry.

From the beloved author of the bestselling To Bless the Space Between Us and Anam Cara comes a new work that shares his insights on nature and the ancient wisdom of this earth. John O'Donohue won hundreds of thousands of admirers with his now classic work on Celtic spirituality Anam Cara. Unfortunately he died suddenly at age fifty-two just as his book of blessings, To Bless the Space Between Us, was being published. The loss of his powerfully wise and lyrical voice has been profoundly missed, but his many readers are given a special opportunity to revisit John in a new book based on a series of papers he wrote on the elements of water, stone, air, and fire, now published here for the first time. O'Donohue's readers know him as both a spiritual guide and a poet, and in this work he exhibits both qualities, sharing his Celtic heritage and his love for his native landscape in the west of Ireland. As O'Donohue explores a range of themes relating to the way we live our lives today, he reveals how the energy and rhythm of the natural world—its innocence and creativity, its power and splendor—hold profound lessons for us all. With a foreword written by his beloved brother, Pat, this illuminating book is an inspired reflection on the ancient wisdom of the earth.

One night in 1967, a group of men at a bar in New York City reflected on the family and friends lost to Vietnam. The bartender proposed one of them should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies and deliver beer and encouragement. John "Chick" Donohue, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran volunteered to make the "greatest beer run ever" and embarked on a journey that would change his life forever

In this new collection of poetry, John O'Donohue explores the natural and emotional landscape of his native Conamara County, revealing a pastoral vision that is both personal and universal, mystical and of this world. O'Donohue's instinctive awareness of the contrasts of his land -- its places of light and darkness, its movements and its stillness -- is magically brought to life in his richly lyrical yet deceptively transparent language. Translating the beauty and splendor of Conamara into a language exquisitely attuned to the wonder of the everyday, O'Donohue takes us on a moving journey through real and imagined worlds. Divided into three parts -- Approachings, Encounters, and Distances -- Conamara Blues at once reawakens a sense of intimacy with the natural world and a feeling of wonder at the mystery of our relationship to this world. Whether exploring the silent, eternal memory of Conamara or focusing on the power of language and the vagaries of human need and passion, O'Donohue tenderly reveals the fragile vulnerability of love andfriendship. The result is a musical, transcendent, and deeply moving series of poems that exemplifies O'Donohue at his finest. Written with penetrating insight and distilled transparence, Conamara Blues offers a singular and lasting imaginative vision of a landscape of hope and possibility -- powerfully exhibiting the mastery of a poet at the height of his lyric powers.

»Die Seele des Menschen dürstet nach Schönheit; wir suchen sie in allem - in Landschaft, Musik, Kunst, Kleidung, Möbeln, Gärten, Freundschaft, Liebe, Religion und in uns selbst.« John ODonohue zeigt dem Leser auf seine einzigartige Weise, wie viele Facetten von Schönheit uns im täglichen Leben begegnen und welche Kraft man daraus schöpfen kann. Schönheit ist die Harmonie der Welt und erweist sich als Schlüssel zum größten Mysterium: der Erfahrung Gottes. Für alle, die ihr Leben um positive Impulse bereichern wollen.

John O'Donohue lädt uns auf eine spirituelle Reise in die Tiefen unserer Seele ein, die so großartig und dramatisch ist wie die Landschaft Connemaras. Seine meditativen Texte und die beeindruckenden Fotos von Fergus Bourke reflektieren das menschliche Sein und regen zur stillen Betrachtung an. Ein Buch voller Weisheit und Schönheit.

»Ein lyrisches, episches Gebet.« The Times Schönheit berührt uns auf magische Weise, sie weckt in uns, was edel ist. John O'Donohue spürt diesem uralten Menschheitstraum nach und zeigt: In jedem Menschen verbirgt sich eine tiefe Schönheit. Doch wir haben uns zu sehr einfangen lassen von der Illusion der kosmetischen Perfektion, des makellosen Designs, um die Schönheit im vermeintlich Unvollkommenen noch wahrnehmen zu können. In der Weisheit der Kelten findet O'Donohue die Quelle, aus der wahre Schönheit fließt. Auf fein gewebten Pfaden führt er uns in das innere Reich der Seele, dorthin, wo jede Suche nach sich selbst beginnt und endet. In der Begegnung mit Kunst, Musik oder der Natur erwachsen uns schöpferische Kräfte, in der Stille entdecken wir das Geheimnis unserer individuellen Schönheit und geben ihr Raum sich zu entfalten. Wie in seinem internationalen Bestseller ›Anam Cara‹ verbindet O'Donohue philosophische Erkenntnisse mit dem spirituellen Erbe der keltischen Welt. Sie eröffnen uns faszinierende Möglichkeiten der Selbsterkenntnis und Selbstentfaltung.

Segnen fördert Nähe, Vergebung und Frieden. John O’Donohue erweckt diese vergessene Kunst mit Segensgebeten, die keltisches Erbe und Alltagsrealität verbinden – anrührend und voller Liebe zu den Menschen.