Seán ÓLaoire

A Brief Bio Fr. Seán ÓLaoire was born in Ireland and was awarded a B.Sc. degree (major in Mathematics) from the National University of Ireland. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1972 and subsequently spent 14 years working in East Africa. He is multi-lingual and has an M.A. and Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology; he is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. He is a co-founder and the Spiritual Director of a non-denominational community called “Companions on the Journey” based in Palo Alto. He is the author of five books and co-author of a sixth: 1. “Ukweli ni Nini?” (What is truth?) – written in Swahili in 1983 2. “Spirits in Spacesuits - A Manual for Everyday Mystics” – published in 2003 3. “Souls on Safari” - published in 2006 - Translated into German as “Seelen Auf Safari” in 2007 4. “A Sensible God” - published in October 2008 5. “Why? What Your Life Is Telling You about Who You Are and Why You’re Here” (with Matthew McKay and Ralph Metzner) - published in 2013 6. Setting God Free: Moving Beyond the Caricature We’ve Created in Our Own Image – published in 2021