Poets knew it. Mystics knew it. Indigenous people knew it. Now Diarmuid O'Murchu unearths what religion has often forgotten or ignored - the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives and in the breath of all things. Using insights from science and spirituality O Murchu recaptures the enduring fascination of an ancient belief. He gives us a contemporary and unforgettable understanding of the source of everything. In the Beginning Was the Spirit is the crowning achievement of an author whose seminal works have influenced the way we understand God, religion and the world.
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A priest, missioner, and social psychologist, Diarmuid O'Murchu has worked with homeless people and refugees on three continents. He has written a number of pioneering books, and led workshops in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, India, and Peru and in several African countries. He lives in London where (when not reading every book every published and writing his own) he works as a counsellor in bereavement work and with AIDS-HIV patients.
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The Spirit, a living, lifegiving Mystery
16 Nov 2012
By John Wintermyer
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It seems that every year, Diarmuid O'Murchu puts out another book which envigorates the search for the meaning of the great mystery of the universe. With all the discussion of "dark Matter" and "dark energy", it seems that there is space to seek out and understand a deeper spiritual principle which underlies all of reality. The notion of "God" seems "overplayed" and "undervalued" in our time of history. Yet there seems to be a dynamic which we have yet to truly discover. Diarmuid goes back to ancient and tribal customs which have not been "corrupted" by western philosophical thinking and language. Those cultures had a true sense of "experience" of something much deeper than what the western, European mindset seems to have imposed on the theological struggle to understand our earth, our universe and the time frames of this whole evolutionary development. Diarmuid offers the reader a deeper insight into understanding the power of quantum thinking and finding some deeper sense of that "mystery" in terms of "Spirit", as recognized and experienced by our ancestors as found in aboriginal cultures, whether, Africa, Australia, the arctic eskimos or the original inhabitants of the Americas.
Truly another splendid work from a very brilliant expositor of the "New Cosmology" and "New Theology".
Truly another splendid work from a very brilliant expositor of the "New Cosmology" and "New Theology".
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Riveting Treatise of Universal Appeal
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By G. Murphy
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A wizard of words and wisdom for our times, visionary evolutionary thinker O'Murchu has produced another classic in contemporary pneumatology. Every era of human history;every indigenous culture and all world religions, have to varying degrees, directly or indirectly, formally or implicitly, attempted to understand 'Spirit Power' and to ritualise and express it in some way. In this thoroughly researched and expansive exploration of the meaning, role and place of 'The Great Spirit' in human culture and consciousness - and more importantly at the heart of the ever-expanding, open-ended creation - Diarmuid masterfully unpeels the rich layers of meaning and beauty emanating from the divine life force we commonly refer to as 'Spirit'. For too long this cosmic 'breath of life' has lain semi-dormant in theological abstraction or creedal formulations. In a world where science, religion and spirituality are informing each other like never before, this book is a thoughtful and cutting-edge 'must read' for those who, in the words of Diarmuid, care enough about the earth which sustains our growth and flourishing, and our greater cosmic home to which we integrally belong, that we pay continuous 'contemplative attention' to its unfolding mystery forever calling (luring) us forth into ever new and deeper being and becoming. Rave on Diarmuid: yes, the Spirit is indeed 'back with a vengeance!'
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Tomorrow's theology
28 Nov 2012
By Annie
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Diarmui O'Murchu is a must read for those serious about entering the 21st century thinking on theology and science. For those inclined toward fundamentalism, it will enlarge and enrich thinking about the wonder of God, the universe and how we practice "religion". Not an easy read it is still within the reach of most of us who are serious about learning.
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