Spirit in the World
Volume 38 Number 1 Spring 2013
08 BRIDGING THE SPIRITUAL AND THE MUNDANE Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
A journey to a new understanding
20 A CONSONANCE OF FEELING Lee van Laer, art by Chantal Heinegg
Painting icons in a modern world
26 NO IDEAS BUT IN THINGS Joshua Boettiger
Exploring embodiment
32 GRACE IS HERE! David Ulrich and Laura Dunn
A conversation with spiritual pioneer Ram Dass
42 THE REAL JOHNNY APPLESEED Ray Silverman
He planted more than just trees....
46 BREATHING OUT: OFFERING OUR CARE Tara Brach
Transforming suffering
56 ETHEL MERSTON AND G.I. GURDJIEFF Mary Ellen Korman
An Englishwoman meets the Fourth Way master
60 SHODO: THE WAY OF THE BRUSH Carol Ring, art by Kazuo Ishii
Beauty and wisdom on the path of calligraphy and ink paintings
66 A NEW SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY Roger Lipsey
The enduring significance of Václav Havel
74 TO TRY TO HAVE SOME HEALING Richard Whittaker
A conversation with filmmaker Silas Hagerty
82 SMOKEY THE BEAR SUTRA Gary Snyder
Hail the American Buddha
90 WILD PILGRIMAGE Geneen Marie Haugen
Paying attention to the sacred earth
96 sri RAMAKRISHNA AT THE TEMPLE OF DAKSHINESWARA
Edited by Swami Abhedananda
A visit with the “Divine Man”
102 DO YOU BELIEVE? J.M. Barrie
Tinker Bell’s life hangs in the balance
POEMS
?54 PIED BEAUTY Gerard Manley Hopkins
?55 GOD’S GRANDEUR Gerard Manley Hopkins
epicycle
?86 OPENING THE GATES Anonymous | Hasidic
Adapted by Diane Wolkstein from Shlomo Carlebach’s telling
BOOK REVIEWs
106 THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE
Steven Pinker | reviewed by Felix Dux
116 WHEN GOD TALKS BACK
T.M. Luhrmann | reviewed by Bill Williams
119 PRAYER OF THE HEART IN CHRISTIAN AND SUFI MYSTICISM
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee | reviewed by John H. Whittaker
128 ENDPOINT
