Anam Cara – Christine Valters Paintner

“In the desert, Celtic and Benedictine traditions, it was considered essential to have some kind of soul-level relationship with another person who was further along the path of conscious awareness and spiritual practice . . . . the Gaelic term [for this is] anam cara, which means ‘soul friend.’” 

  — Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom