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With Holly asking for some good summer reading, I put together a little list of some new and perennial favorites in the spiritualish-but-not-religious realm. Herewith: 1) “Enlightenment for Idiots”  by Anne Cushman I keep re-reading this funny, moving novel about an American woman’s spiritual journey in India. Out in paperback on July 9th. 2) “Holy Cow”…

Remember when we were in school and we got lists of books we had to have read by September?  Invisible Man, Siddhartha, As I Lay Dying–some years the list was longer than others, some years (oy, Faulkner) were more challenging than others.  But every summer, I read. So here, at the official start of summer,…

“Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for great and for height.”      — George Champman

Wade Davis has the coolest job title–and job–ever: Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic. He just gave a talk here at the LOHAS conference about all the many indigenous cultures he has studied, lived with, and loves. He talked of their spiritual connections and obligations, their relationships with plant medicine, and more–without treacly romanticizing. And I paraphrase:…
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