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OverviewTake a spiritual journey through this beautiful collection of blessings, prayers and meditations about the creatures wild and tame that inhabit our world. These moving contributions about all types of animals - playful dogs and beloved cats, giant whales and powerful elephants, tiny insects and delicate birds - are drawn from many faith traditions including Native American, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist. A special section, also, provides animal blessing ceremonies you can use to memorise the loss of a companion animal, offer prayers for an animal suffering illness or injury or simply recognise the spiritual connection we create when we fully appreciate another member of God's creation. This book is a veritable jewel box of comfort and ecstasy reverence and wisdom. It provides powerful testimony to the different ways that animals inspire us to worship our creator. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lynn CarusoPublisher: Jewish Lights Publishing Imprint: SkyLight Paths Publishing,US Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.10cm ISBN: 9781594732539ISBN 10: 1594732531 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 13 November 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 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 237ReviewsA 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? Author InformationLynn L. Caruso is an inspiring educator, writer, parent/child advocate and mother of three children. A contributing writer to Mothering magazine, her work has been published in many other national journals and magazines. Caruso is also the editor of the first-of-its-kind Blessing the Animals: Prayers and Ceremonies to Celebrate God's Creatures, Wild and Tame and Honoring Motherhood: Prayers, Ceremonies & Blessings (both SkyLight Paths). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |