Veggie Soup for the Chicken's Soul : Shameless Visions and Prayers for World Peace, Inner Peace, and Animal Liberation [Paperback]

Judy McCoy Carman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0970711808 | ISBN-13: 978-0970711809 | Publication Date: February 15, 2001

This is a book of power tools for animal advocates, earth healers, peace makers, and spiritual seekers. It is all about: freeing chickens from the soup pot; cows from slaughterhouses; wild animals from extinction; primates from labs. Indeed, it is about liberating all animals from bondage to humanity; and, thus, freeing humanity from its bondage to violence.

Veggie Soup for the Chicken's Soul unveils a vision of a better world for animals and people, based on scientific and spiritual discoveries. Studies of the evolution of consciousness and the power of prayer show that we can choose to create a compassionate and loving world where all life is held sacred. Our destiny is to become Homo Ahimsa (Sanskrit for "no harm"). This is a guidebook full of miracle making tools. Lighten up your journey with inspiration; meditations; heartfelt stories; over 70 prayers; and solid, fact-based reasons that explain why we human beings must make peace with the animal nations if we are ever to find true inner peace, heal our earth, and create authentic world peace.

The foreword is written by Gene Bauston, MPS, Director of Farm Sanctuary

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...a source of inspiration to everyone who is looking for words of faith and hope...(regarding) animal suffering." -- Karen Davis, Ph.D., President, United Poultry Concerns, Author of Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs

"...a valuable resource for those seeking to expand the circle of compassion to include all of our animal friends." -- Elliot M. Katz, DVM, President, In Defense of Animals

About the Author

Judy McCoy Carman, M.A., received her Master's degree in Clinical Psychology. She has co-founded several counseling centers and worked as a therapist, college instructor, mental health program administrator, and seminar leader for many years. She has written numerous articles for newspapers and national magazines and is the author of an inspirational book entitled Born to Be Blessed: Seven Keys to Joyful Living and the animal/spirituality book, Veggie Soup for the Chicken's Soul.

Judy is a dedicated peace and justice, environmental, and animal rights activist. She has founded several local animal rights groups, including the Circle of Compassion Initiative which focuses primarily on educating people about the hidden cruelty to horses involved in the production of the hormone replacement drug Premarin. Judy also founded and chairs a church committee that focuses on reverence for all life.

Judy is available to speak and lead workshops on the subject of animals, spirituality, and the evolution of the new consciousness of compassion. She is dedicated to sharing the vision of a world at peace inspired by Schweitzer, Gandhi, Eiinstein and others. They believed that inner peace and world peace could be achieved, but only if human beings learned to expand their circle of compassion beyond the human sphere to include all beings. She is dedicated also to helping animal advocates find ways to integrate inner spiritual growth, prayer power, and nonviolent resistence into their activist work.

Product Details

• Paperback: 211 pages
• Publisher: Circle of Compassion Pub (February 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970711808
• ISBN-13: 978-0970711809
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,068,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Judy Carman, M.A. is a former counselor and program director for mental health clinics. As an author and activist for animal rights, environmental protection, and world peace, she has helped establish organizations both for adults and children over the years. Most recently she has co-founded Animal Outreach of Kansas (www.animaloutreach-ks.org) and the Worldwide Prayer Circle for Animals (www.circleofcompassion.org) and is also a Peace Representative of the World Peace Prayer Society, (www.worldpeace.org). She is part of an animal rescue network and has deployed to several disaster areas to help animals and their people.

Her books include Born to Be Blessed: Seven Keys to Joyful Living (CeShore Publishing), Peace to All Beings: Veggie Soup for the Chicken's Soul (Lantern Books), and The Missing Peace: The Hidden Power of our Kinship with Animals (Dreamriver Press). Peace to All Beings was judged one of the best spiritual books of 2003. In Peace to All Beings Judy introduces the concept of "Homo Ahimsa" (the Sanskrit word for nonviolence and lovingkindness) to describe the new compassionate human that we will become if enough of humanity awakens in time.

Judy is featured in Vegetarians and Vegans in America Today by Karen and Michael Iacobbo and contributes articles and essays to newspapers, books, and magazines.. Some of her articles can be found at www,circleofcompassion.org, along with excerpts from Peace to all Beings. She has been a keynote speaker and workshop leader at many conferences.

Judy Carman's passion is to look everywhere for the love and the beauty that flows through and links all faiths and all beings. She is dedicated to sharing the vision of a world at peace inspired by Schweitzer, Gandhi, Einstein, and others. They believed that inner peace and world peace could be achieved, but only if human beings learned to expand their circle of compassion beyond the human sphere to include all beings and nature. She is dedicated also to helping all people find inner peace and the joy that comes from living in harmony with all beings.

Having once lived off the grid in a tipi, Judy and her husband Michael, both vegan, now live in an almost solar heated home in Kansas, with plans for solar and wind powered electricity. Their vehicles run on used veggie oil. They love to kayak, hike, and spend time with their three adult children and six grandchildren.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reverence for all life, March 21, 2001

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Lynn Pauly (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Veggie Soup for the Chicken's Soul : Shameless Visions and Prayers for World Peace, Inner Peace, and Animal Liberation (Paperback)

So many of the new age books on spirituality seem to be lacking one important facet -- the inclusion of animals in our reverence for life. How can we consider ourselves compassionate and spiritual, while overlooking the intelligent, social, and meaningful creatures with whom we share this planet.

Judy Carman's dedication to expand the circle of compassion beyond the human sphere is admiriable, respectful, and very much needed. I welcome this type of original thought, and even if you don't consider yourself an animal rights person, this book will be one of those books that you will remember for a long time, and look back, thinking, "Why didn't I realize this before?"

It reminds me of a quote by Anne Sewell, author of Black Beauty: "There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to beasts as well as man, it is all a sham."

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is seeking spriitual growth, looking for answers to the complexities of our relationships with animals, or wants to unveil a vision for a better world for all of us, human and non-human alike.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's all one piece, March 31, 2002

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Kerry Walters (Lewisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Veggie Soup for the Chicken's Soul : Shameless Visions and Prayers for World Peace, Inner Peace, and Animal Liberation (Paperback)

This is a wonderful resource for anyone with the intuition that spirituality is a seamless garment that necessarily respects all life. World peace isn't just the cessation of humans warring against other humans; it's also the end of human deprecations against animals. In this cleverly titled work, Judy McCoy Carman helps us come to a better appreciation of that truth by reminding us in beautiful reflections and heartfelt prayers that all life is sacred. Highly recommended as a book to meditate on.