In 2016 John Philip Newell began a teaching initiative that is called The School of Earth & Soul. Its purpose is to reawaken awareness of the sacred in all things through the recovery of Celtic wisdom for today and to help translate this awareness into compassionate action and justice.

The School, in both its main offerings (Celtic Wisdom and The Great Search), follows a three-year cycle of teaching and spiritual practice in its annual retreats. Participants may join at any stage in the three-year cycle and attend any of the Earth & Soul venues across the country.

Montreat is offering:

Celtic Wisdom 2: Sacred Earth
Reawakening to the sacredness of Earth through the teachings of Eriugena, the Carmina Gadelica, and John Muir

The essential text for the three-year program is John Philip Newell’s Sacred Earth Sacred Soul. (The shared prayer book for this program is Sounds of the Eternal: A Celtic Psalter.)