Anam Cara

Anam is the Irish word for “soul” and Cara is the word for “friend.”

In the Anam-Cara friendship, you were joined anciently by the friend of your soul. This was a bond that neither space nor time could damage. The friendship awakened an internal echo in the hearts of the friends; they entered into a circle of intimate belonging with each other. The Anam-Cara friendship afforded a spiritual space to all the other longings of the human heart.

~John O’Donohue~