Teilhard de Chardin on Love

This is an extensive book explaining Teilhard's philosophy and practice of love, which he prophesied would eventually be harnessed as an energy. In the foreword, Ilia Delio sees a death of love associated with modernity and its impersonal approach. In the Teilhardian view, love is the core relational energy of evolution towards more being and greater fullness based on attraction and connection. The authors summarise this as the Law of Attraction – Connection – Complexity - Consciousness as repeating stages in life. There is a gradual shift from a focus on knowledge to one on love based on the premise that God is indeed Love. The second practical part gives more detailed advice and exercises for committed partners, parents and children, friendship and teams. This culminates in a theology of love and what they call omega love. This is a mystical Christian path where one becomes more acutely aware of the personal contribution we can make. There are, however, many more accessible stages of development described in the book.