Oak and Lotus

<p>Imagine the Celtic saint Brigid and the great bodhisattva Guanyin sitting down together for a cup of tea. I certainly would want to listen in to their conversation! <em>Oak and Lotus</em><strong><em> </em></strong>takes us to a similar place. It's a beautiful expansive book about the joyful integration of Eastern and Western wisdom a resource I expect to return to again and again.</p><p>- <strong>Carl McColman</strong> author of <em>The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism</em> and <em>Eternal Heart </em></p><p></p><p><em>Oak and Lotus</em> is a joy to read. Bringing Celtic Christianity into conversation with three major Eastern faith traditions-Hinduism Buddhism and Taoism-this book delights the heart again and again with parallels both uncanny and enlightening. Reader-friendly it draws you in and won't let you go.</p><p>- <strong>Rev. John R. Mabry PhD</strong> author of <em>God as Nature Sees God: A Christian Reading of the Tao Te Ching</em> and <em>A Christian Walks in the Footsteps of the Buddha</em></p><p></p><p>Kenneth McIntosh's book<em> Oak and Lotus</em> is a masterpiece of scholarship insight and wisdom itself focusing on the mystic heart of Celtic Christian and three major spiritual traditions of Asia. I highly recommend this book for individuals as well as groups who want to deepen their spirituality.</p><p>- <strong>Edward Sellner</strong> professor emeritus of theology spirituality and animal theology author of numerous books on Celtic spirituality including <em>Celtic Saints and Animal Stories: A Spiritual Kinship</em></p><p></p><p>Critics may say This book is dangerous. My reply is: Being born is dangerous. Live dangerously and find the Divine at the heart of the universe.</p><p>- <strong>Ray Simpson</strong> author of many books on Celtic Christianity including <em>The Celtic Book of Day Brendan's Return Voyage: A New American Dream-Indigenous Post-Colonial and Celtic Theology</em> and <em>Celtic Christianity and Climate Crisis</em></p><p></p><p>Kenneth McIntosh's <em>Oak and Lotus </em>takes you on a holy adventure in which you set sail on your coracle in companionship with Celtic pilgrims Buddhist monks Hindu sages and Taoist wanderers. On your journey you may catch a glimpse and receive guidance from Brigid of Kildare St. Brendan Gautama Buddha and Lao Tzu. McIntosh describes a spiritual path and more than that he provides tools and practices for spiritual transformation. When you read this book you take a voyage of discovery and venture toward far horizons. This is one of the most inspirational books you will read on interspirituality and the universal wisdom of the Celtic sages.</p><p>- <strong>Bruce Epperly</strong> author of <em>Jesus - Mystic Healer and Prophet</em> and <em>The Elephant is Running: Process and Open and Relational Theology and Religious Pluralism</em></p>