This little book is an invitation—to notice how we allow something profound to become ordinary. It guides the reader in the spirit of quiet inspiration and reminding, along a cyclic journey of restoration and return, to the necessity of discernment, presence and intentionality.

This journey is full of symbology and metaphor, easily missed, which is itself always an invitation to a deeper, more nourishing form of conversation and replenishment. Sacred does not need to have anything to do with shared or imposed ideas of religion or god, or whimsy.

It is simply the answered wish to discover something deep, foundational and meaningful about this world and our sense of very private gratitude and belonging, we get from that encounter. Rocco Jarman’s work is a blend of stirring quotable prose and refreshingly plain everyday philosophy which opens a window onto the sometimes troubling but always beautiful and deeply personal account of seeking connection, meaning and belonging in our lives, reflecting an uncannily profound understanding of the human psyche which is both powerfully gentle and compassionate and aspirating to the soul.

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