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The 2010 Spring Burchenal Lecture Series opens with
Thomas Moore
author of Care Of the Soul
Monday, February 22 7:30PM Fox Hall at Eckerd College
Thomas Moore, whose best-selling books have inspired and challenged readers to add depth, meaning, and spirit to busy lives by nurturing the soul, opens the Center's 2010 Spring Burchenal Lecture Series with:
The Ecology of Everyday Life:
Caring for Your World and Your Deep SoulMoore's perspective of continuous attending to everyday small details of life and soul in order to achieve happiness and wholeness offers a stunning counter to the dominant idea of fixing a single significant flaw in order to achieve happiness. Of his 18 published books, which have sold over 2 million copies, 1992's Care of the Soul and 1994's Soul Mates, both of which spent time on the New York Times bestseller list, are the best known.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Moore will also be offering a workshop:
Soul and Spirit: Deeply Human and Open to Mysteries
on Saturday, February 20 at the college. Registration begins at 9:30AM. The workshop runs from 10AM to 4PM. Snacks and lunch are included in the $25 registration fee.
About the workshop subject in Moore's own words: We human beings stand midway between an intimate life of family, friends, home, and work on side, and a vast universe full of mysteries on the other. We cook and we pray, play and meditate, make a home and wonder about the meaning of it all. We are human and spiritual. But these two all-important dimensions sometimes get separated. We focus on one and forget the other. This is a workshop on deepening ordinary life while developing an intelligent and grounded spiritual existence.
Please call 727.864.7757 to make a reservation for the workshop or for further information. Deadline for reservations is Friday, February 19 at noon.
ABOUT THOMAS MOORE:
Moore was born in Detroit, Michigan under the sign of Libra. At 13 he left home to enter a Catholic religious order and left there at 26. He has been a musician, a psychotherapist, a professor, and a lecturer and writer. He writes about mythology, the arts, depth psychology and spirituality. In 1992 he published the bestseller Care of the Soul and has written a total of 18 books. He has a special relationship with Ireland and often lectures in England, as well. His most recent book is Writing in the Sand: Jesus and the Soul of the Gospels. Soon to be published are Care of the Soul in Medicine and The Guru of Golf. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, artist and yoga instructor, Hari Kirin. He has two children, Abraham and Siobhán. For additional information, please: http://www.careofthesoul.net/
The 2010 Spring Burchenal Lecture series continues with three outstanding presenters. Please see the Lectured & Events section.