A journey through 20,000 years of history and myth in search of the
answer to a single question: Do animals have souls?
Anyone who has ever mourned the loss of a cherished pet has
wondered about the animal soul. Do animals survive the death of the
body, or are they doomed to disappear completely when they leave
this world behind? Both scientists and religious authorities have
long scoffed at the idea of animals in heaven. Yet the question
endures. In this wise, immensely readable book, Ptolemy Tompkins
embarks on a quest for the answer--taking us on a top-speed tour of
the history of the animal soul.
Equally at home with mainstream and alternative spiritual
philosophies, Tompkins takes us from the savannas of Africa to the
earth's first cities to the early days of the great faith
traditions of both East and West. Along the way, he shows that,
despite what many of us have been taught, the world's various
spiritual traditions all have profoundly meaningful things to say
about the animal soul, if we simply know where to look. Rescuing
these ancient insights and blending them with vivid stories about
animals today--from a dwarf rabbit named Angus to a manatee named
Moose to a black bear named Little Bit--"The Divine Life of
Animals" paints a gloriously inclusive picture of the cosmos as a
place made up of both matter and spirit, in which animals are every
bit as important, spiritually speaking, as the humans with whom
they share the world. Though it is startlingly original, "The
Divine Life of Animals" also feels strangely and instantly
familiar, for it reveals truths that many of us have held in our
hearts already, waiting only for someone to give fresh voice to one
of the oldest and most trustworthy intuitions we possess.
The "Divine Life of Animals" offers a compelling and timeless
vision of the relationship between humans and animals that will
have you looking at the animals in your life with new eyes.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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