{"product_id":"john-muir-spiritual-writings-9781626980358","title":"John Muir: Spiritual Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe founder of the Sierra Club and \"Father of the National Parks,\" John Muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist who sparked the modern environmental movement. As his letters, journals, and other writings show, Muir's extraordinary affinity with the natural world was grounded in a deep spirituality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving for months, even years, in the wilderness, he experienced a deep communion with the sacred. Muir's contemplations on the natural world are filled with mystical intuition of God's reality: \"Rocks and waters, etc., are words of God and so are men. We all flow from one fountain Soul. All are expressions of one Love.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn exploring this little-known aspect of Muir's work, this volume contributes to a distinctly American strain of spirituality that finds an echo in today's environmental movement. For those who have read and admired Muir and those who want to discover him, \u003cem\u003eJohn Muir: Spiritual Writings\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new and inspiring look at the man and his spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTim Flinders is author of Thomas Berry's Sacred Surround: An Introduction to His Thought and Spirituality (Two Rock Publishing). An educator and writer, he lectures on contemplative spirituality at the Sophia Center, Holy Names Univeristy, Oakland, and is a research fellow at the Spirituality and Health Institute, Santa Clara University. He and his wife Carol are founders of the Two Rock Institute in Tomales, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528282542354,"sku":"9781626980358","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf31b9bc-ee33-4c40-82c9-85355d8fb933.jpg?v=1737233405","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/john-muir-spiritual-writings-9781626980358","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}