A companion volume to Care of the Soul, this book explores how relationships - with all their difficulties, and even their failures - lead to an intimacy that deepens people's lives and helps to fulfil the needs of the soul. It describes how soul intimacy can be cultivated in many ways, such as letter-writing and conversations, and how it can grow through sexuality, jealousy, boredom, and partings. On another level, the book investigates the possibility of soulful community in society and among nations