Spirits in Spacesuits | Sean O'Laoire

Spirituality has oft been reduced to just religion, religion further reduced to mere morality, and morality ultimately reduced to sexuality. This book is not about how to be "good," nor even "religious" but about being "mystical" - the only reason for the experiment that is life on planet Earth.

The book retains that storyteller quality, though the more annoying mannerisms of which the ear, but not the eye is so forgiving have been edited out. There is some repetition both within and among the homilies. This is done purposefully. I believe that a good story should be at once an entertaining and a learning event. If all a person wants is entertainment, then the movies are a better choice. If all a person wants is learning, then feel free to buy an unabridged dictionary. The reason Jesus was perceived as preaching "Good News " was that his stories were both good (appealing and entertaining) and new (involved learning and discovering). For the main part, homilies and sermons tend to be neither good nor new, but simply boring and reheated leftovers. Instead of Good News we got mostly Old Hat. 

This book is a collection of stories, fleshed out into mystical theology. It doesn't read like a book of written teachings, because it wasn't composed in written form. It is the transcripts of oral presentations to very-much-alive audiences, the members of the Companions on the Journey, a spiritual community based in Palo Alto, California.

About the Author

Fr. Seán ÓLaoire was born in Ireland and was awarded a B.Sc. degree (major in Mathematics) from the National University of Ireland. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1972 and subsequently spent 14 years working in East Africa. He is multi-lingual and has an M.A. and Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology; he is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. He is a co-founder and the Spiritual Director of a non-denominational community called “Companions on the Journey” based in Palo Alto.