NEW BOOK, HORSES AND THE MYSTICAL PATH,  RELATES ANCIENT CELTIC WISDOM TO MODERN DAY HORSE/HUMAN RELATIONS
P.R. Contact: Monique Muhlenkamp

(Novato, CA) New World Library announced the September publication of Horses and the Mystical Path: The Celtic Way of Expanding the Human Soul  by best-selling authors by Drs. Adele, Marlena Deborah & Thomas McCormick.

In Horses and the Mystical Path, the McCormicks describe the journey, with their horses as companions, of integrating spirituality and religion with their professional psychological training. Beginning with a memorable trip to Scotland, when they had early inklings that Celtic spirituality held important insights for an equestrian-partnered spirituality, the McCormicks soon found themselves on a wisdom pilgrimage. From India to Santiago de Compostela in Mexico to southern Spain and Morocco, they followed the age-old relationship between horses and humans, exploring a mystical path embraced by a seemingly timeless and eternal group of horsepeople.

“These men and women intentionally befriended the horse to cultivate the human heart and soul, to reduce the ego, and to live on the cusp of the seen and unseen world,” they maintain. Through strange and serendipitous encounters, The McComicks discover that the ancient Celtic people gave birth to the prototypic psycho-spiritual paradigm. In this book, they explore the Celtic people’s longstanding integration of nature, mysticism, and personal development and demonstrate how the horse accompanied the Celts as they spread their spiritual vision far and wide.

On their journey, the McCormicks learned, through their interactions with their horses, to find a spirit of unity and beauty in everything they do. They identify, as the ancient Celtic people did, the horse as symbol of nature and spirit. They reveal what can happen when you stand before a horse, in complete humility, full of respect and wonder, and encounter the ground of your own being.

About the Authors

Adele von Rüst McCormick, Marlena Deborah McCormick, and Thomas McCormick have been psychotherapists for more than thirty years, designing and running a series of unique and innovative programs using horses to help people with mental illness, criminals, and individuals with drug and alcohol addiction. Currently they are the co-directors of the Institute for Conscious Awareness and cofounders of the Three Eagles Equine Experience in San Antonio, Texas, which offers courses using horsemanship to open spirituality and intuition for individuals, families, and groups. Their website is www.therapyhorsesandhealing.com

Horses and the Mystical Path: The Celtic Way of Expanding the Human Soul  
by  Drs. Adele, Marlena Deborah & Thomas McCormick
September  2004 • Pets • Cloth • Price: $21.95  •  ISBN 1-57731-450-6 •  208 Pages