Thomas Moore (spiritual writer)

Thomas Moore (born October 8, 1940, in Detroit, Michigan) is a psychotherapist, former monk, and writer of popular spiritual books, including the New York Times bestseller Care of the Soul (1992), a "guide to cultivating depth and sacredness in everyday life".^[1][2] He writes and lectures in the fields of archetypal psychology, mythology, and imagination.^[3] His work is influenced by the writings of Carl Jung and James Hillman.^[4]

Moore was born to an Irish Catholic family in Detroit, Michigan. At age 13, he joined the prep seminary of the Servites, a Roman Catholic lay order, where he studied philosophy and music. However, he left the order 13 years later, just before his ordination as a priest.^[5][3]

Moore earned a B.A. from DePaul University in Chicago, an M.A. in musicology from the University of Michigan, an M.A. in theology from the University of Windsor, Ontario, and in 1975, a Ph.D. in religion from Syracuse University.^[6] He taught at Glassboro State College and then Southern Methodist University.^[7] Denial of tenure at SMU launched Moore's next career.^{[citation needed]}

From 1974 to 1990, Moore practiced as a psychotherapist, first in Dallas, Texas, and later in New England. After the success of Care of the Soul: Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life (1992) and its companion volume Soul Mates: Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship (1994), he became a full-time writer who lectures internationally about spirituality, ecology, psychotherapy, and religion. He is also a columnist with The Huffington Post,^[8] and Spirituality & Health Magazine^[9] and Beliefnet.^[6]

He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, the artist Hari Kirin (born Joan Hanley),^[10] whom he met at Lesley College, where she was a student in his art therapy class.^[11] They have two children.^[12]

• The Planets Within: Ficino's Astrological Psychology. Bucknell University Press. 1982. ISBN 978-0-83875-022-3
• Rituals of the imagination. 2nd edition. Dallas: Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. 1984. ISBN 0-911005-03-X.
• Care of the Soul: Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life. HarperCollins. 1992. ISBN 978-0-06-183534-6.
• Soul Mates: Honoring the Mystery of Love and Relationship. 1994. ISBN 0060169281.
• Meditations: On the Monk Who Dwells in Daily Life. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. 1994. ISBN 0-06-017223-1.
• The Re-enchantment of Everyday Life. 1997. ISBN 0060928247.
• The Education of the Heart. Harper Perennial. 1997. ISBN 0-06-092860-3.
• Dark Eros: The Imagination of Sadism. 1998. ISBN 0882143654.
• The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love. 1999. ISBN 0060930950.
• Original Self: Living with Paradox and Originality. Harper. 2000. ISBN 0-06-019542-8.
• The Soul's Religion: Cultivating a Profoundly Spiritual Way of Life. Harper. 2002. ISBN 0-06-019286-0.
• Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life's Ordeals. Gotham. 2004. ISBN 1-59240-067-1.
• A Life at Work: The Joy of Discovering What You were Born to Do. 2008. ISBN 0767922530.
• Writing in the Sand: Jesus, Spirituality and the Soul of the Gospels. Hay House. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4019-2413-3.
• Care of the Soul in Medicine. Hay House. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4019-2563-5.
• The Guru of Golf. 2010. ISBN 1401925669.
• A Religion of One's Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World. Gotham. 2014. ISBN 978-1-59240-829-0.
• The Soul of Christmas. Franciscan Media. 2016. ISBN 1632531208.
• Ageless Soul: The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy. St. Martin's. 2017. ISBN 978-1-250-13581-0.
• Soul Therapy: The Art and Craft of Caring Conversations. HarperCollins. 2021. ISBN 9780063071438.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2016)

• Moore, Thomas (Jan–Feb 2013). "The author of your life's story". Care of the Soul. Spirituality & Health. 15 (6): 14–15.^[13]

• Analytical psychology
• Carl Jung
• James Hillman

• Official site: thomasmooresoul.com
• Barque: Thomas Moore A blog dedicated to Moore's work
• Whole Terrain link to Moore's articles published in Whole Terrain