Earth Prayers From around the World: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth [Paperback]

Elizabeth Roberts (Author), Elias Amidon (Author)

Book Description

Release date: December 8, 2009

"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'

Editorial Reviews

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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)

From the Publisher

The acclaimed bestseller Earth Prayers (more than 150,000 sold!) is now available in a gorgeous, boxed gift package along with the music it inspired: Earth Songs, a CD written and recorded by Narada's top artists. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne; 1 edition (December 8, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006250746X
• ISBN-13: 978-0062507464
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.2 x 6.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #72 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Essays

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A resource I treasure September 10, 1999

By John Slade

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Thank you Elizabeth and Elias for compiling this wonderful book of earth honoring prayers. I've used it many times to find an appropriate opening or closing to classes or other gatherings where a moment of earth gratitude and awareness was called for. In fact, I've used it so much that I lost it and need to buy another one! It is also a rich source of prayers to use for personal spiritual work, prayers that help slow me down enough to remember the sacredness of the natural world. Even if I'm hard at work in the city and can't be physically present in some of nature's more healing places, at least I can remember to feel the earth beneath my feet, and to honor her. It is a great book just to pick up and browse through, and contains prayers that are ancient and full of the energy of thousands of our ancestors, and prayers that represent a new awakening to our lost heritage. An earth bible for earth lovers! By the way, I've heard rumors of a Volume II. Is it true and can I purchase it here, or elsewhere?

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is, purely, simply, a world Bible. December 10, 1998

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

I am an ordained Interfaith minister. This book is my Bible, my hymnal, my book of devotions. These are not traditional prayers or prayer forms. These entries span time, space, and culture, to give us words to bless our newborns and our dying, to give thanks and seek comfort, to experience the Divinity that is "I Am."

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of earth prayers and poems September 6, 2003

By merrymousies

Format:Paperback

This book brings together poems and prayers from all sorts of cultures honoring nature. There's a Navajo chant, zuni chant, hidu prayer, songs by eskimos, poetry by robert frost and emily dickenson and more and more. Four hundred pages of wonderful words for the earth. I love it! Here are the different "chapters":The Ecological Self, A Sacred Place, The Passion of the Earth, Healing the Whole, The Elements, Blessings & Invocations, Praise and Thanksgiving, Benediction for the Animals, Cycles of Life, The Daily Round, and Meditations. I like to just flip the book open and read a few to ponder. Simply wonderful.