Voice of the Eagle
Voice of the Eagle Includes John Scotus Eriugena's "Homily on the Prologue to the Gospel of St. Neither monk nor priest but a "holy sage," he carried to France the flower of Celtic Christianity.…
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Voice of the Eagle
Includes John Scotus Eriugena's "Homily on the Prologue to the Gospel of St. Neither monk nor priest but a "holy sage," he carried to France the flower of Celtic Christianity. John"John Scotus Eriugena was born and raised in Ireland during the early ninth century.
He meditates on the meaning and purpose of creation as revealed by the Word made flesh, distilling into twenty-three short chapters a uniquely Celtic, non-dualistic fusion of Christianity, Platonism, and ancient Irish wisdom.The translator's "Reflections" make up the second half of this book and attempt to unfold some of the life-giving meaning implicit in Eriugena's luminous sentences. His homily, The Voice of the Eagle, is a jewel of lyrical mysticism, theology, and cosmology, containing the essence of Celtic Christian wisdom. Inspired both by a personal search for a living Christianity and