The Transformation of Desire: How Desire Became Corrupted--And How We Can Reclaim It

We humans are staring extinction in the face. Unless we discover consciousness in its cosmic depth there may be no tomorrow for us. But that stark reality, as O'Murchu lays it out clearly and courageously, can wake us up to new ways of thinking and living that will open for us a future beyond our imagination. This book is a fast read yet so full of fertile insights-- such as the "embodiment" and the Holy Spirit's being God's all-pervasive presence and energy within the universe -- that I found myself going back to section after section to dig deeper, linger longer,and truly savour the rich feast that Diarmuid O'Murchu has set before us in The Transformation of Desire. I only wish he had expanded a bit on sexuality as "the desiring energy of all creation," and drawn links between sexual desire and hunger-and-thirst for justice, in the manner of Walter Bruggeman or Wendell Berry.