Thomas Berry Reads from
The Great Work
Clips of Streaming Audio for downloading in MP3
Thomas Berry, cultural historian, Passionist Priest, and 90-year-old mentor of countless individuals inspired by the Great Story, is portrayed at the bottom of this picture, drawn by Sr. Mary Southard.
In preparation for the June 2001 "EarthSpirit Rising" Conference held in Louisville KY, Connie Barlow (over the phone) and John Cock (in person) audiotaped Thomas Berry reading short passages (selected by Barlow) from his 2000 book, The Great Work, published by Bell Tower / Random House.All 11 passages that Thomas read aloud during those sessions (each 2 minutes or less) are now freely available here, in mp3 format below.
Thomas Berry and the audio recorders assert no copyright, so go ahead and download these audios for use in educational and inspirational settings for furthering The Great Work in myriad ways!
http://www.thegreatstory.org/tb-audio.html
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1. Dedication Page
2. Lillies of Youth
3. The Great Work
4. Universe Work
5. Universe Story
6. Direction
7. Great Self
8. New Revelation
9. Metareligious
10. Universe Power
11. Universe Is For Us
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Click here for a fabulous SELECTION OF THOMAS BERRY AUDIO AND VIDEO CLIPS for onscreen viewing prepared by videographer Caroline Webb and accessible through her website, www.lifewebb.com.
Click here for the new official THOMAS BERRY WEBSITE. Click here for a fabulous website that includes audio and video of Thomas Berry: http://www.earth-community.org.
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