What most of us want is a world which celebrates diversity, inclusivity, and gender justice. We want to protect democracy and we see nature as sacred. Our image of the Divine could reflect these values. Our traditional image of God, although loving, is nonetheless male, autocratic, and often intolerant. It does not have to be so. We can re-imagine the Divine. We can do this with the help of Celtic monks, who practiced a spirituality of experience. The climate and biodiversity emergencies foreshadow an apocalyptic future for humans and all life forms. The 'Father God' image we have inherited is no help in confronting these issues. Can we find new spiritual images and narratives that embody these values? This book suggests we can. Reimagining the Divine is a call for diversity in belief. No religion has a monopoly of truth. Everyone’s experience and perspective has merit. The Spirituality of Experience is a form of mysticism that incorporates these new values. Practiced historically by Celtic monks, it focusses on one’s personal experience of the sacred, and not on beliefs or a creed. If your vision for the future is The return of humans to harmony with the rest of nature - The building of a world community that is tolerant and inclusive - Finding a way of living on this planet that corrects the human causes of climate change and biodiversity loss then this book may help you, and all of us, get there. ***** again and again I find myself delighted to read what I have believed for years. ***** your latest book is so thought provoking that I think I will be reading it again and again. Finding you and your work feels like stumbling into a warmly lit, fire-bright room after having stumbled around in the cold and dark for years. Finally, a spirituality that mirrors my own thoughts and whispers of my heart. I had reconciled myself to being a spiritual loner but now feel as if there's a community of like-minded folk out there in the world. It's a wonderful feeling. Melanie Leavey , 'Spiritual but not religious', author, Canada. I have just completed your wonderful and wonder-filled book. You have given me much to ponder; at the same time, so much of what you write resonates with me. F Jay Vocelka , retired RC pastoral minister, Texas. I absolutely loved the book in its entirety... the reference to the education system... the Anamchara... the Greek and Celtic mythology. Caoilfhionn Nic Nia , 'non-practicing' Irish Roman Catholic I found your book incredibly refreshing to read. The first chapter was probably one of my favourites and the line "My conclusion is that this God is toxic, dysfunctional and out of date" I could not agree more with. It was particularly fun to read in front of my religion teacher. Aobha Quinn , aged 13, spiritual seeker, Ireland I so enjoyed reading the book and so often felt like I wished you were in front of me so that we could engage in deep conversation and debate over some of the thoughts ideas and beliefs presented. Eileen Stewart , bio-energy healer and midwife, Buffalo, USA. "Dara Molloy is light-years before his time" John O'Donohue , author of Anam Cara , spoken before his death, in a conversation with Tony Shiels on spirituality. Hello, a chara (friend),   If you are a searcher like me, then you are always asking questions. It was asking questions that led me to write this book.   Mind you, I wasn't always like this. When I was a young Roman Catholic priest I accepted all the teachings of that Church. Those teachings were 'dogmas'. You had to believe them. You were a 'heretic' if you didn't! The Popes who promulgated them were 'infallible'.   The result was that, as a young priest, I had certainties. I was judgemental, arrogant, and fundamentalist.   But then I met the philosopher Ivan Illich. He taught me to question our 'certainties'. He meant not just my certainties, but modern society's certainties. Certainties are generally things we take for granted. We don't question them. What I learned from Illich was that, as soon as we do hold them up to the light, they begin to melt.   I have gone so far in questioning my certainties that I don't have any left! The only certainty I have now is that there are no certainties!   The universe happens to be about 320,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times the size of the earth. Get your head around that!   If the age of our earth was put at 24 hours, the appearance of us humans happened in the last second before midnight.   What can we know? A bit of humility please. Our brains are too small to grasp the amazing mystery of it all.   Why is every child born on this earth unique and different? Have you ever asked that question? If you have kids like me you know how different each one of your kids is. They are different from each other and different from you. Why? Wouldn't it have been much easier to make us all the same?   Of course, I don't have an answer. But