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Blessing the Animals Prayers Ceremonies Celebrate God's Creatures Caruso Faith
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- Book Title
- Blessing the Animals : Prayers and Ceremonies to Celebrate God's Creatures, Wild and Tame
- Item Length
- 7.2in
- Publisher
- Longhill Partners, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Pets, Religion
- Topic
- Spirituality, General, Prayerbooks / General
- Item Width
- 5in
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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This beautiful collection of blessings will take readers on a journey of spiritual migration through the animal world. Through poems, prayers, and inspirational prose, readers will share in the ancient practice of blessing animals, which has its roots in a time when we relied on animals for our very existence. Drawing from many faith traditions'including Native American, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist'the book offers moving testaments to our love for animals and reflections on reverence for the natural world, and shows how, through our interconnectedness with the natural world, we in turn are blessed by animals.
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Longhill Partners, Incorporated
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1594731454
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9781594731457
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Book Title
Blessing the Animals : Prayers and Ceremonies to Celebrate God's Creatures, Wild and Tame
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Spirituality, General, Prayerbooks / General
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Pets, Religion
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
12 Oz
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Bl439.B54 2006
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How do we relate to animals? A far-reaching question. The extent to which our fellow-creatures on this planet, the animals, have been loved and hated, caressed and horribly abused, by our human race causes the mind to boggle. The great Jewish philosopher, Martin Buber, often cited in this book, spoke of I-Thou and I-it relationships: those based on true intimacy, regarding the other as a real being like oneself; and those that are merely instrumental, considering the other simply as something, not someone, to be used or abused. In this beautiful little book, Lynn Caruso seeks to raise our awareness that animals, as centers of consciousness and feeling like ourselves, are always entitled to I-Thou relationships. "Animals possess their own intrinsic worth and goodness," she says, "their own unique map of experience." "And in Genesis," she reminds us, "God created animals with the same breath as humans, blessed them, and declared them good. Their blessing was not conditional upon any relation to us." (p. xi) Nonetheless, a freely given and received mutual relationship can exist, for we are kin, children of the same Parent, sharing the same home. After an insightful introduction along these lines, Blessing the Animals consists mainly of poetic and other short pieces by various authors, under the categories of "Blessings for Companion Animals," "Blessings for Wild Animals," "Blessings from Animals," and "Rituals and Ceremonies." While not all are benedictions in the strict sense of the word, all will open minds and hearts to the rich blessings to be received in our lives through openness to animal life, or which we in turn can import to them. This attractive volume will itself bless many. It would make a wonderful gift., Edited by Lynn L. Caruso. A compilation of animal prayers, poetry and blessings from writers of all faiths and backgrounds., Representing a wide range of faiths, Blessing the Animals aims to take readers on a spiritual journey to show how interconnected humans are with animals and the natural world. It compiles prayers, poems, stories and quotes from people from all walks of life to celebrate animal's contributions to the world., As the title suggests Blessing the Animals: Prayers and ceremonies to celebrate God's creatures, wild and tame is a collection of poetry, prayers and prose from a variety of spiritual traditions on various species of the animal kingdom. The book is divided into four parts focussing on blessings for companion and wild animals, blessings from animals and rituals and ceremonies. Each section is preceded by an introduction by Ms Caruso which provides food for thought in itself. The items are taken from spiritual traditions ranging from those of the native American Indians to Christianity, Hindu and many other diverse areas. Blessing the Animals would be a good resource book for parents wondering what to say when their child is distraught over the death of a pet or even a grasshopper, for anyone wanting to hold a service of blessing for pets, and anyone who loves animals and enjoys being stretched in their spiritual life. These poems, prayers and prose provide much food for reflection on nature's creator. In a way we are drawn into looking closely at the animal world (God's creation) and thereby drawn into looking closely at ourselves and our relationship with the one who created us. As we plumb the hidden depths with the poet we are encouraged to plumb the hidden depths of our own being., How do we relate to animals? A far-reaching question. The extent to which our fellow-creatures on this planet, the animals, have been loved and hated, caressed and horribly abused, by our human race causes the mind to boggle. The great Jewish philosopher, Martin Buber, often cited in this book, spoke of I-Thou and Iit relationships: those based on true intimacy, regarding the other as a real being like oneself; and those that are merely instrumental, considering the other simply as something, not someone, to be used or abused. In this beautiful little book, Lynn Caruso seeks to raise our awareness that animals, as centers of consciousness and feeling like ourselves, are always entitled to I-Thou relationships. "Animals possess their own intrinsic worth and goodness," she says, "their own unique map of experience." "And in Genesis," she reminds us, "God created animals with the same breath as humans, blessed them, and declared them good. Their blessing was not conditional upon any relation to us." (p. xi) Nonetheless, a freely given and received mutual relationship can exist, for we are kin, children of the same Parent, sharing the same home. After an insightful introduction along these lines, Blessing the Animals consists mainly of poetic and other short pieces by various authors, under the categories of "Blessings for Companion Animals," "Blessings for Wild Animals," "Blessings from Animals," and "Rituals and Ceremonies." While not all are benedictions in the strict sense of the word, all will open minds and hearts to the rich blessings to be received in our lives through openness to animal life, or which we in turn can import to them. This attractive volume will itself bless many. It would make a wonderful gift., As the title suggests Blessing the Animals: Prayers and Ceremonies to Celebrate God's Creatures, Wild and Tame is a collection of poetry, prayers and prose from a variety of spiritual traditions on various species of the animal kingdom. The book is divided into four parts focussing on blessings for companion and wild animals, blessings from animals and rituals and ceremonies. Each section is preceded by an introduction by Ms. Caruso which provides food for thought in itself. The items are taken from spiritual traditions ranging from those of the Native American Indians to Christianity, Hindu and many other diverse areas. Blessing the Animals would be a good resource book for parents wondering what to say when their child is distraught over the death of a pet or even a grasshopper, for anyone wanting to hold a service of blessing for pets, and anyone who loves animals and enjoys being stretched in their spiritual life. These poems, prayers and prose provide much food for reflection on nature's creator. In a way we are drawn into looking closely at the animal world (God's creation) and thereby drawn into looking closely at ourselves and our relationship with the one who created us. As we plumb the hidden depths with the poet we are encouraged to plumb the hidden depths of our own being., Edited by Lynn L. Caruso. A compilation of anirnal prayers poetry and blessings frorn writers of all faiths and backgrounds., "A jewel box of comfort and ecstasy, reverence and wisdom. Powerful testimony to the different ways that animals inspire us to worship our Creator." --Sy Montgomery, author of The Wild Out Your Window "A threshold to a deeper understanding of God.... Allows us to experience the relationships God has created between creatures in this Sacred Circle of life." --Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald, Episcopal bishop of Alaska "Delightful ... lovely ... timeless.... A book that pet lovers will treasure." --Diana L. Guerrero, author of What Animals Can Teach Us about Spirituality; founder of Ark Animals "Gives voice to the unspoken yet eloquent expressions of prayer and praise offered daily in the Animal Kingdom. The sights and sounds of the poetic imagery linger long after we close this book." --Nancy Sohn Swartz, author of In Our Image: God's First Creatures and How Did the Animals Help God?, "A jewel box of comfort and ecstasy, reverence and wisdom. Powerful testimony to the different ways that animals inspire us to worship our Creator." -Sy Montgomery, author of The Wild Out Your Window "A threshold to a deeper understanding of God.... Allows us to experience the relationships God has created between creatures in this Sacred Circle of life." -Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald, Episcopal bishop of Alaska "Delightful ... lovely ... timeless.... A book that pet lovers will treasure." -Diana L. Guerrero, author of What Animals Can Teach Us about Spirituality; founder of Ark Animals "Gives voice to the unspoken yet eloquent expressions of prayer and praise offered daily in the Animal Kingdom. The sights and sounds of the poetic imagery linger long after we close this book." -Nancy Sohn Swartz, author of In Our Image: God's First Creatures and How Did the Animals Help God?
Table of Content
Introduction ix Part 1: Blessings for Companion Animals 1 Blessings for Dogs 5 2 Blessings for Cats 19 3 Blessings for Other Companion Animals 35 Part 2: Blessings for Wild Animals 4 Animals of the Land 55 5 Animals of the Sky 69 6 Animals of the Stream and Sea 81 Part 3: Blessings from Animals 7 Blessings for Birth 97 8 Blessings for Life 109 9 Blessings in Death 135 Part 4: Rituals and Ceremonies 10 Animal Blessing Ceremonies 159 11 Partings 179 12 Benediction 211 About the Contributors 223 Credits 231 Acknowledgments 237 Editor's Note 237
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2006
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