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A review by soft_scientist
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O'Donohue
4.0
A few of the blessings in this book are truly magical and a gift to this world - among them "Beannacht," "For A New Home," "For Solitude," and "Vespers." John O'Donohue has a good ear for poetic blessing and a wonderful depth of understanding about how to offer comfort and power through words. However, a lot of the blessings start to feel and sound a little prosaic, at least when you're reading the book straight through. I probably wouldn't have felt so exhausted by the repetitive meter and phrasing if I owned this book and used it as a reference for blessing various occasions.
That said, I think I would highly recommend this book IF you are planning to own it and use the blessings in it at different times. To just sit and read, the writing is certainly beautiful in places, but overall it doesn't work as well that way.
That said, I think I would highly recommend this book IF you are planning to own it and use the blessings in it at different times. To just sit and read, the writing is certainly beautiful in places, but overall it doesn't work as well that way.