Earth Prayers - by Elizabeth Roberts & Elias Amidon (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In forest clearings, beneath star-filled skies, in cathedrals, and before the hearth... women and men have always given voice to the impulse to celebrate the world that surrounds and sustains them. Now, as we face a diminished present and an uncertain future, the need to honor the interconnection between people and the planet is heightened.

From Walt Whitman, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Black Elk, to Margaret Atwood, the Rig Veda, and the chant of a Samar fisherman, the varied voices linked here offer songs and prayers for land, sea, and air; graces for food; and invocations, poems, and passages that reveal in the common spiritual heritage of all who cherish creation.

From the Back Cover

"An exquisite and powerful harvest, this - truly a Book of Common Prayer for our planet's people in this time."
JOANNA MACY, author of 'Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age'

Review Quotes

Through this extraordinary collection of prayers from all the world and from all historical periods we finally awaken to the presence of the divine that comes to us through the Earth and the entire natural world. - Joanna Macy, author of Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age
A treasure! Belongs on the bookshelf of everyone who loves our precious Planet Earth. - Hazel Henderson, author of The Politics of the Solar Age
Through this extraordinary collection of prayers from all the world and from all historical periods we finally awaken to the presence of the divine that comes to us through the Earth and the entire natural world. - Thomas Berry, author of The Dream of the Earth