My Invitation to you is an invitation to weave together a membrane
of compassion that dispels despair and reignites the original fire, to illuminate
the dark night of our cultural soul, an invitation to a deep resonance
with all of life when we will experience with the jazz singer Nina Simone and
all artists the profound experience of “how it feels to be free”.
Jim Conlon |
Coming Soon from Wyndam Hall Press!
Beauty, Wonder & Belonging
A Book of Hours for the Monastery of the Cosmos
Jim Conlon
“Science’s discovery of the fourteen billion year evolution of the universe has to be understood as one of the most significant of human history. One of the principal spiritual challenges of the 21st century will be the creation of cultural practices enabling humans to assimilate this perplexing, new creation story. Jim Conlon’s Beauty, Wonder and Belonging is a powerful step in this process and is wholeheartedly recommended.
—Brian Swimme, Professor of Cosmology, California Institute of Integral Studies
In this moment of history, humankind’s urgent task is to live out of a unitive consciousness that honors the connectedness of all life – to become “cosmological persons.” Living from such a transpersonal orientation requires that we avail ourselves to Mystery, the creative spirit who is the source of all being. In "Beauty, Wonder & Belonging—A Book of Hours for the Monastery of the Cosmos" Jim Conlon invites us into the practice of “engaged cosmology,” providing a space in which cosmology, tradition and person story bring us to the brink of Mystery. Written a book of hours, the reflections, poetry and quotations in "Beauty, Wonder & Belonging—A Book of Hours for the Monastery of the Cosmos" invites us into a place where we begin to grow in the awareness of who we really are, cosmological beings to all that is. Allow this book to companion you, to lead you to the brink of Mystery – and then let go!
—Judy Cannato, Ph.D.
Author of Radical Amazement: Contemplative Lessons from Black Holes, Supernovas, and Other Wonders of the Universe
…Conlon invites the reader to explore the wider horizons of human experience which he has traversed —soul-scapes both intimate and vast— aided by the revelatory maps and wise orienteers that have been his guides as he, now, becomes ours…
—Kathleen Deignan, CND, Ph.D
Jim Conlon writes like a pilgrim weaving a loom, threading a pathway, enveloping a membrane, leaving for the rest of us traces of a new mysticism, a more engaging spiritual wisdom for our time. Adopting the liminal images of dawn and dusk, he draws us into a more reflective engagement, centered upon the ups and downs of daily life, consistently embellished with the vision of the new cosmic story.
—Diarmuid O’Murchu, MSC, Ph.D
Author of Quantum Theology, Evolutionary Faith, and Ancestral Grace
Preface by Gail Worcelo, sgm
Thomas Berry, CP / Kathleen Deignan, CND, Ph.D / Carol Lee Flinders, Ph.D. / Miriam MacGillis, OP / Joanna Macy / Thomas Matus, OSB, Cam. / Diarmuid O’Murchu, MSC, Ph.D / Rosemary Radford Ruether, Ph.D. / Belvie Rooks, Filmmaker / Gail Worcelo, SGM
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