HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Honey from a Stone by Chet Raymo
Loading...

Honey from a Stone (edition 1989)

by Chet Raymo

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingMentions
1163234,815 (4.21)1
"What is the relevance of traditional religion in the world described by contemporary science? Is scientific knowledge a satisfactory ground for the religious experience? Can the language of traditional religion constitute an appropriately modern language of praise?" --from Honey from Stone Framing his meditations as a Book of Hours, scientist Chet Raymo exercises the languages of theology and science to express the majesty of Ireland's remote Dingle Peninsula. As he wanders the land year upon year, Raymo gathers the revelations embedded in the geological and cultural history of this wild and ancient place. "When I called out for the Absolute, I was answered by the wind," Raymo writes. "If it was God's voice in the wind, then I heard it." In poetic prose grounded in a mind trained to discover fact, Honey from Stone enters the wonder of the material world in search of our deepest nature.… (more)
Member:Photino
Title:Honey from a Stone
Authors:Chet Raymo
Info:Penguin (Non-Classics) (1989), Paperback, 208 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:****
Tags:None

Work Information

Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God by Chet Raymo

None
Loading...

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 1 mention

Showing 3 of 3
Raymo uses the Dingle Penisula of Ireland (where he lives part of the year) to consider every subject from rocks, fossils, weather, the stars and more as part of his search for God. In his own words, "I have tramped the landscapes of the Dingle Penisula, studying the flora and the fauna, the rocks, the sky, and I took whatever scraps of revelation I could find. I sought the burning bush and did not find it. But I found the honeysuckle and the fuschia, the gorse and the heather. When I called out for the Absolute, I was answered by the wind. If it was God's voice in the wind, then I heard it." I enjoyed it very much, tho a deal of it was over my head in spite of being written for a lay audience. Additionally, this is a very lovely book to read, being illustrated throughout by linotypes of natural scenes. ( )
  BooksCatsEtc | Apr 3, 2011 |
This is the book that started me on Raymo. He's a scientist with the soul of a theologian, the heart of a poet, and a lover of history. The fact that he spends most of his time rambling the hills of Western Ireland doesn't hurt, either. ( )
  MalGormley | Jul 26, 2009 |
this is one of his latest books, but he has written many many on astronomy. He wrote for Bostong Globe. He is currently 81 years old or so. Lost of books on star gazing.
  normaleistiko | Mar 30, 2009 |
Showing 3 of 3
no reviews | add a review
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Epigraph
Dedication
First words
Quotations
Last words
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Original language
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

"What is the relevance of traditional religion in the world described by contemporary science? Is scientific knowledge a satisfactory ground for the religious experience? Can the language of traditional religion constitute an appropriately modern language of praise?" --from Honey from Stone Framing his meditations as a Book of Hours, scientist Chet Raymo exercises the languages of theology and science to express the majesty of Ireland's remote Dingle Peninsula. As he wanders the land year upon year, Raymo gathers the revelations embedded in the geological and cultural history of this wild and ancient place. "When I called out for the Absolute, I was answered by the wind," Raymo writes. "If it was God's voice in the wind, then I heard it." In poetic prose grounded in a mind trained to discover fact, Honey from Stone enters the wonder of the material world in search of our deepest nature.

No library descriptions found.

Book description
Haiku summary

Current Discussions

None

Popular covers

Quick Links

Rating

Average: (4.21)
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3 2
3.5 1
4 3
4.5 2
5 4

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 204,459,064 books! | Top bar: Always visible