Manchán Magan: 'I want us to remember that spirit within ourselves and within all things.' Photograph: Tom Honan
Two years ago, Manchán Magan and I sat on a bench in Merrion Square as he told me about his wish to “reanimate” the world.
He said he wanted to spend his life reminding people about the energy that connects them to their bodies, their minds and the land.
He spoke of “animism”, the idea that every rock and flower and branch and rainbow has a vibrating spirit or energy beyond and above what is human.
“I want us to remember that spirit within ourselves and within all things,” he said. “It makes life so much more enjoyable and rich and magical, and ensures that we treat each other and our environment with more love and respect and care.”
I was interviewing Manchán for this newspaper on
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