Aedamar Kirrane

Spirituality of Flowers

“This beautiful book stands at the vanguard of the emerging literature on the spirituality of flowers. The importance of nature to our spiritual lives is well known, but not the unique gifts that flowers offer to our healing and to our spiritual development. Bríd Kennedy brings the reader on a rich and colorful journey through diverse aspects of the ancient relationship between humans and the floral universe. She touches on the aesthetic, artistic, medicinal, somatic and religious qualities of flower wisdom and brings it all together to present the spiritual benefit to humans when we are present to flowers in a contemplative way. Writing from her personal experience of the healing benefits of being with the flowers in her garden during COVID-19, and grounded in fascinating academic research, Kennedy demonstrates how her contemplative relationship with flowers supported her inner journey of human-divine transformation, and how flowers can support our awakening too. This book is a joy to read – full of light, color, and wisdom that brings floral healing to body and soul, and most importantly, to the heart. A reading experience that evokes the joy of being in a field of wildflowers on a summer’s day.”