Geoffrey Moorhouse
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Sun Dancing: Life in a Medieval Irish Monastery and How Celtic Spirituality Influenced the World
Geoffrey Moorhouse
Visible on a clear day off the west coast of Ireland, the Skellig Islands, a cluster of cruel rocks, rise spectacularly from the Atlantic Ocean. A sanctuary to birds and seals today, for over six hundred years during the middle ages it was a center for a particularly intense form of monastic life, one that acclaimed writer Geoffrey Moorhouse explores with utmost fascination, scholarship, and imagination in Sun Dancing.
A must read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Celtic spirituality, Moorhouse’s lively narrative is a superbly imagined…
