A Journey of Spiritual Awakening

Clark Strand is an American author and lecturer on spirituality and religion.  He is a former Zen Buddhist monk and was the first Senior Editor of Tricycle:  The Buddhist Review.  He is also the author of many books including The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary and Seeds of a Birch Tree:  Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey

In this episode, Eric and Clark discuss a few of his books in addition to his exploration of the many spiritual traditions.

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Clark Strand and I Discuss Haiku and Other Creative Spiritual Practices and …

• His book, Waking Up to the Dark:  The Black Madonna’s Gospel for an Age of Extinction and Collapse
• His exploration of many spiritual traditions
• Self power and other power
• The circular notion of spiritual life rather than linear notion of progress
• How a bead/rosary practice represents the circular nature of spirituality
• The “hour of God” or “hour of the wolf” when awake in the night
• Haiku and the tradition and forms of this type of poetry
• Translation of haiku is “playful verse”
• How profound meanings can come through from this playful art from

Clark Strand links:

Clark’s Website

Instagram

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If you enjoyed this conversation with Clark Strand, check out these other episodes:

The Divine Feminine with Mirabai Starr

Being Heart-Minded with Sarah Blondin

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