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

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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?

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."

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.

This book contains a collection of writings that capture the heart and mind in relationship to humanity, God, higher power, nature and the environment. It is a gem for those who look to enrich and develop their spirituality in prayer/conversation. Some may see it as a modern psalter or book of Wisdom. Whatever one's religious experience, deepening and broadening their awareness of the holy and sacred can be experienced through meditating upon these words and entering into the spirit of the authors. Many will find this to be a great place to find a reflection or prayer before a meeting or a journey. The uses are limitless and text great.

Enjoy the earth through literature, poetry and meditations with this guide. If you love the feel of dirt beneath you, the wind in your hair, or water on your feet, this is a book you must carry with you.

This is a fantastic book. It has a lot of beautiful poetry in it that celebrates the earth. If you are thinking of buying it, then I would highly recommend it. It is something I plan to use to share with others. I am one of those "treehugger" people, and I suppose that is why I like this book so well. There are several passages in the book that were so moving it brought me to tears.

My 18 year old Eagle Scout asked for this book to bring to a summer job in the Boundry Waters. He uses it daily as a personal guide and as a devotion book with his groups. He loves it and would recomend all young people use it as a daily reminder that God is everywhere.

Although the title of the book is "Earth Prayers," the subtitle is "365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth." Indeed. You will find not only beautiful prayers written by modern writers and from ancient cultures, but complex poems that offer questions on the condition of the planet, and humans' place in the "Cycles of Life." One of my favorites is Allen Ginsberg's poem on pages 72-73.

I have had this book with me since it was first publisher in 1991. I find great comfort and pleasure in reading it. I don't have it with me now because have two copies at home, and miss it to reflect on. It contains some of my most favorite prayers, any may new ones. It contains references to many celebrations, and reflections. I give it as a gift to friends, and to myself. I miss not having it with me the last two months, but will be home soon to my copy.

I picked this book up at a local earthy-metaphysical store I discovered, and I absolutely love it! It has so many diverse and beautiful prayers and poetry! Being Pagan, I've used some in ritual, but of course this is a multi-religion book! Or it's just great to read on a rainy day. I highly reccommend it, especially to Pagans!