The Souls of Animals. Gary Kowalski

The Souls of Animals

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kowalski, Gary A.

The souls of animals / Gary Kowalski; foreword by Tom Regan; preface by John Robbins.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-57731-590-2 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Animal psychology. 2. Consciousness in animals. I. Title.

QL785.K665 2007

156—dc22

2007011912

Originally published by Stillpoint Publishing, ISBN-10: 1-883478-21-9

First New World Library printing, July 2007

ISBN-10: 1-57731-590-1

ISBN-13: 978-1-57731-590-2

Printed in the United States on acid-free, partially recycled paper

New World Library is a proud member of the Green Press Initiative.

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We should understand well that all things are the works of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within all things: the trees, the grasses, the rivers, the mountains, and the four-legged and winged peoples; and even more important, we should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples. When we do understand all this deeply in our hearts, then we will fear, and love, and know the Great Spirit, and then we will be and act and live as the Spirit intends.

—BLACK ELK

The author invites readers to share their own experiences that illuminate the souls of animals.

Please send your stories to:

Rev. Gary Kowalski

c/o The First Unitarian Universalist Society

152 Pearl Street

Burlington, Vermont 05401

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