Kinship with all life

by J. Allen Boone

Paperback, 1976

Publication

Imprint: New York, Harper, 1976, c1954. Context: Reprint. Originally published: The language of silence. New York : Harper & Row, 1970. Edition: First Harper and Row paperback. Responsibility: J. Allen Boone. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 157 pages ; 20 cm.

Call number

Love / Boone

Barcode

BK-03952

ISBN

9780060609122

Original publication date

1954

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Engaged Practices

CSS Library Notes

Description: Is there a universal language of love, a "kinship with all life" that can open new horizons of experience?

For anyone who loves animals for all those who have ever experienced the special devotion only a pet can bring, Kinship With All Life is an unqualified delight. Sample these pages and you will never encounter "just a dog" again, but rather a fellow member of nature's own family. -- from back cover

FY1995 /

Physical description

157 p.; 20 cm

Description

Is there a universal language of love, a "kinship with all life" that can open new horizons of experience? Example after example in this unique classic -- from "Strongheart" the actor-dog to "Freddie" the fly -- resounds with entertaining and inspiring proof that communication with animals is a wonderful, indisputable fact. All that is required is an attitude of openness, friendliness, humility, and a sense of humor to part the curtain and form bonds of real friendship. For anyone who loves animals, for all those who have ever experienced the special devotion only a pet can bring, Kinship With All Life is an unqualified delight. Sample these pages and you will never encounter "just a dog" again, but rather a fellow member of nature's own family.… (more)

Language

English

Original language

English

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User reviews

LibraryThing member gmillar

I can't decide whether I liked this book or not. I guess that's why I gave it two and a half stars. I love the concept of communing with all animal life forms and enjoying the enlightenment that accrues from that. I can even believe that it happens. The problem I had with the book was in the

writing style I guess. I wanted to keep reading to see where Mr. Boone was going with his postulation and he had a habit of leaving me a bit high and dry at the end of each chapter so that I needed to get into the next one fairly quickly to find out where he actually was going. I found that a bit "novelistic", if I can get away with using a word like that.
I want more so I will read more of his writing to see what else I might learn.
I wonder if he ever heard a tree scream when it was cut into.

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LibraryThing member JolleyG

As a person who has learned to communicate with the various dogs who have shared their lives with me, I was able to be open to the premise of this book. I was willing to accept the communication with the housefly, but that is probably the most unusual case of animal communication that I have ever

read about. If one can accept the idea that each animal group is organized by a greater group Soul or Deva, then it is likely that there could be communication from one's own Soul level to the Soul entity embodying that group.

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Subjects

Animals

Rating

½ (27 ratings; 4)

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