Celtic Spirituality: Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul

Tuesday, April 1, 2025
10:00am – 12:00pm CT, Zoom

Renowned spiritual teacher John Philip Newell will outline the main themes of his award-winning book Sacred Earth Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World (Harper One). Newell calls us to be aware of the sacredness of Earth and every human being as key to the way of transformation and healing in our lives and world.

John Philip Newell is a Celtic teacher and author of spirituality who calls the modern world to reawaken to the sacredness of Earth and every human being. Canadian by birth, and a citizen also of Scotland, he resides with his family in Edinburgh and works on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2016 he began the Earth & Soul initiative and leads international pilgrimage weeks on Iona in the Western Isles of Scotland. His PhD is from the University of Edinburgh and he has authored over fifteen books, including Sacred Earth Sacred Soul, which was the 2022 Gold Winner of the Nautilus Book Award for Spirituality and Religious Thought of the West. His latest book is The Great Search, in which he looks at the great spiritual yearnings of humanity today in the context of the decline of religion. Newell speaks of himself as ‘a wandering teacher’ following the ancient path of many lone teachers before him in the Celtic tradition, seeking the wellbeing of the world.