In dipping in and out of a book called Saving Europe by Henry Vyner Brooks I came across a commen...

In dipping in and out of a book called Saving Europe by Henry Vyner Brooks I came across a comment on the friendships between early monks and community “ the Irish gave the name Anam Cara ‘soul friend’ to this type of friendship and they prized these friendships very highly. Anyone without a soul friend is like a body without a head was a saying in Ireland from pre Christian times. When we hear the words we think of affection , but in ancient times they primarily saw it as a particular shared recognition of and pursuit of a good “