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Animals as Guides for the Soul: Stories of Life-Changing Encounters |  | Author: Susan Chernak McElroy
Publisher: Wellspring/Ballantine
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 173398
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0345424042
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.0887
EAN: 9780345424044
ASIN: 0345424042
Publication Date: August 31, 1999
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Product Description
In her New York Times bestseller Animals as Teachers and Healers, Susan Chernak McElroy movingly explored the wide and enriching horizons of human relationships with animals. In this new volume of reflections and true animal stories, she invites us to broaden and deepen that relationship.
While living with her husband and animals on a farm in Oregon, McElroy pondered the ancient bonds that connect humans and animals: the healing gifts of animals, the genius of people who talk to them, and the power of animal messengers. She also asked herself the tough questions that engage every true animal lover. How can we soothe our anguish and guilt when a loved animal suffers or dies? How do we atone for our mistakes? When are animals prisoners and when are they fulfilled? Is it moral to eat other beings? And how can we go about transforming our relationship with animals?
Through daily experiences with the animals around her and those in her dreams--along with compelling true stories sent to her by readers--McElroy began to find answers. She discovered that animals are guides in the development of our souls. A frail llama teaches lessons of joy and unconditional love; a barn cat proves that service need not be imprisonment but fulfillment; a mortally injured hawk infuses a cancer patient with renewed strength and faith; an attentive rabbit awakens an abused child from a trance of sadness; and a skinny white horse does more for a damaged six-year-old boy in one hour than any human has done in six years.
In this deeply personal yet universal testament to the profound connection between animals and humans, there is wisdom and blessing. As the author reminds us, the fingerprint of God is often a pawprint.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 Amazing and Heart-warming June 8, 2009
M. A. Wilson (South Bend, IN)
This is one of my all time favorite books. I read it for the first time when I was about 16 and I am now 23 and have recommended it to several people who truly love animals like I do. This book made me realize I wasn't alone in the hard life of caring so deeply for animals that it affects your life on this level. I could relate to so many of her feelings...I recommend this to anyone, it is a must read!
Another Must Read Book February 16, 2007
Robert A. Mauck (Indiana, USA)
Does anyone truly understand the relationship between animals and humans? For a more insightful view and understanding, this book is required reading!!!
emotionally great! August 2, 2005
Jesse Willig
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is very emotional and is well worth it to buy. I highly recommend it.
The Perfect Gift for an Animal Lover! January 12, 2005
NiceGuy1 (USA)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
After reading her first book, Animals as Teachers and Healers, I was surprised yet happy to find that Susan Chernak McElroy's next book was just as spiritually enlightening, entertaining, and thought provoking. Animals as Guides for the Soul belongs in every animal lover's library. (I received this book as a gift and stongly recommend it for those seeking the perfect present for an animal lover friend or relative.)
Susan Chernak McElroy is a beautiful writer who weaves her own stories about animals with those of other people. I could say that I enjoyed this book for the stories alone -- but McElroy goes beyond storytelling and fearlessly writes about highly sensitive issues related to animals and their humans such as vegetarianism, euthanasia, animal abuse, and death and bereavement. This is more than a "feel good" book. McElroy hides nothing, even her own philosophical questions over animal issues or her very personal emotional struggles concerning the animals she has known in her lifetime.
This book was a true joy to read. I have become a committed Susan Chernak McEloy reader and have already begun reading her book on wild animals, Heart in the Wild.
Great Read January 9, 2005
Vincent A. Petraglia (New York City, USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Just a great read ! Its a nice bedside book to put your mind in a good place before falling asleep.
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