作者: Brian D Arcy

Fr Jim Cogley was born in Wexford in 1954. He trained for the priesthood in St Patrick’s College Maynooth, where he took degrees in English, Philosophy and Theology. Ordained in 1980 for the Diocese of Ferns in Ireland, he has a deep love of the Sea and his work with symbols. Formerly based in Kilmore Quay for most of his pastoral life and now in Oylegate, he has many years’ teaching experience and is a counselling supervisor. As a psychotherapist, he trained in the Jungian tradition. His particular area of interest is that of Intergenerational Healing present. His innovative, self-taught woodworking skills, developed in recent years, provide a unique opportunity to present the age-old truths of life and spirituality in the form of symbols that speak to the soul. Many of the seminars he conducts throughout the country on topics such as those covered in the ‘Wood you Believe’ series involve the use of such symbols. His concept of a Memorial Trail and Garden to people lost at sea, located in Kilmore Quay, and the recently opened Tree of Life and Raphael’s Healing Garden in Oylegate are now major visitor attractions. A Spirituality of Healing and Integration is the sixth volume in the Wood You Believe series.