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Soul Mates: Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship

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This companion volume to Care of the Soul offers more of Thomas Moore's inspiring wisdom and empathy as it expands on his ideas about life, love, and the mysteries of human relationships.

In Care of the Soul, Thomas Moore explored the importance of nurturing the soul and struck a chord nationwide—the book became a long-term bestseller, topping charts across the country.

Building on that book's wisdom, Soul Mates explores how relationships of all kinds enhance our lives and fulfill the needs of our souls. Moore emphasizes the difficulties that inevitably accompany many relationships and focuses on the need to work through these differences in order to experience the deep reward that comes with intimacy and unconfined love.

267 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1994

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Format
267 pages, Paperback
Published
November 4, 1994 by Harper Perennial
ISBN
9780060925758
ASIN
0060925752
Language
English

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Thomas Moore is the author of the bestselling book, Care of the Soul, Ageless Soul, and fifteen other books on deepening spirituality and cultivating soul in every aspect of life. He has been a monk, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist, and today he lectures widely on holistic medicine, spirituality, psychotherapy, and the arts. He lectures frequently in Ireland and has a special love of Irish culture. He has Ph.D. in religion from Syracuse University and has won several awards for his work, including an honorary doctorate from Lesley University and the Humanitarian Award from Einstein Medical School of Yeshiva University. He also has a B.A. in music from DePaul University, an M.A. in musicology from the University of Michigan, and an M.A. in theology from the University of Windsor. He also writes fiction and music and often works with his wife, artist and yoga instructor, Hari Kirin. He writes regular columns for Resurgence and Spirituality & Health.

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Sundae
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April 17,2025
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Wow, very insightful. Some sections were easy to read while others were very difficult. I just Thomas Moore is so intelligent that he loses me!I only read 75% of the book and then I found it repetitive, however, it is still good and I recommend the book.
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April 17,2025
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Perhaps I should return to certain passages of this work all through my life to find new insight into myself. I have had a life long struggle with ideas I’ve seen to be polar opposites – religion & science and sensuality & intellect where Moore seems to view the facets of life as different qualities to feed the soul, not to be denied and all of value to the soul. The insight I found within these pages is vast, but one passage in particular on page 179 stuck with me. ‘Even intelligent, sophisticated people who don’t consider themselves moralistic often become drawn into moralisms in areas where they are emotionally vulnerable.’ That is exactly what I’ve been doing with my sister in sermonizing on her tendency to cling to a man just because she can’t face being alone. The subtitle of ‘honoring the mysteries of love and relationships’ is something I full intend to do.
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There were parts that really spoke to me, and others that just went over my head. I'll add some favorite quotes later.
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Emrys89
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This book has captured the essence of my soul and soul mates like I had never thought of but have experienced. As mentioned in the chapter The Flight from Attachment it certainly is a mix of paradoxes - yet I get it and at times imagine I was Daphne.... but with different feelings and times of flights that I never thought I would be engaging in. Yet I did. Then the Magic and Alchemy of Marriage the family of soul intertwined...so very thought provoking and how true.
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I absolutely love Moore's perspective on all things involving soul. I've read three of his books so far and each and every one takes me to a new level of thinking and understanding of the human soul. We are much more complex than we may imagine. There is beauty and design in all things favorable and unfavorable. I highly recommend this book. Four out of Five Gold Stars.
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