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