Therapist-turned-writer Thomas Moore--whose first two books, Care of the Soul and Soul Mates, were breakaway best-sellers--has been characterized in the mainstream press as a Pollyanna self-helper--a critique the author himself finds laughable. "I know the dark side of life," he says. "In fact, I wrote a book called Dark Eros in which I took the marquis de Sade as one of the greatest psychologists of our time. One of the only understanding reviews it got was in Screw. My publisher would not want me to say that, because it suggests that I'm not one of these inspiring authors who tell people how to live a holier-than-thou life, but that's not who I am." Associate editor Joshua Glenn talked to Moore, who lives in rural New Hampshire with his wife and their two children, about his sources of inspiration during a tour for his latest best-seller, The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life, which surveys the wisdom of many cultures on topics such as marriage and intimacy, friendship and community, spirit and soul.
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