In the vein of Barbara Brown Taylor's recent Learning to Walk in the Dark and works by Marianne Williamson and Caroline Myss, a short, beautifully written and designed "gospel" for contemporary life- an investigation into our modern discomfort with being in darkness, an inquiry into the roots of the contemporary phenomenon of insomnia, and the role the Divine Feminine plays in both these areas.
A former senior editor of Tricycle- The Buddhist Review and former Zen Buddhist monk, Clark Strand has been studying the world's spiritual traditions for over 20 years. He is the author of the forthcoming Waking the Buddha (Middleway Press); The Wooden Bowl- Simple Meditation for Everyday Life (Hyperion); How to Believe in God- Whether You Believe in Religion or Not (Harmony), and Seeds from a Birch Tree (Hyperion). He has founded and led spiritual study groups, taught workshops and retreats, and has lectured at colleges and universities throughout the States. His extensive collection of essays and video teachings can be found on the Tricycle web site, as well as a library of "green meditation" videos on YouTube. He has been a regular writer and columnist for the Washington Post/Newsweek "On Faith" blog and is also the founder of "Way of the Rose," a growing nonsectarian rosary fellowship open to people of any spiritual background with members around the world. He lives in Woodstock, New York.
"A celebration of the life-enriching--indeed,
indispensable--properties of the night . . . [Clark] Strand
delivers a significant amount of experiential melding to
existential thoughtfulness in this book about the sublime and
elemental powers of the dark. . . . An exigent, affecting summons
to rediscover the night."--Kirkus Reviews "This book is small in
size and mighty in spirit. It is at once a clarion call and a
meditation. Sonorous, deep, soul-stirring, and profoundly
comforting, Waking Up to the Dark is a rare book that will be
pressed from one hand to the next with the urgent, whispered words:
You must read this."--Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion
"In a modern world flooded with artificial light, Clark Strand
reminds us what we have left behind in the dark. This beautiful,
haunting meditation is filled with surprises and lost knowledge.
Read it by candlelight--you will never forget it."--Mitch Horowitz,
author of Occult America and One Simple Idea "In this
exhilaratingly original work, Clark Strand shows us that the key to
enlightenment lies where we don't want to look. It is hidden in
plain sight, but we have to turn the lights off to find it."--Mark
Epstein, M.D., author of Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart and
The Trauma of Everyday Life
"Breathtaking and revolutionary, a small masterpiece for a world
that has grown uncomfortable with the darkness and a poignant plea
to take back the dark as the Hour of God, as the great friend of
faith, awakening, and soul nourishment."--Gail Straub, co-founder
of Empowerment Institute and author of Returning to My Mother's
House
"Wonder, solitude, quiet, intimacy, the holy--darkness holds these
treasures and more. If we want to connect with God, argues Strand
in this wise and compassionate book, we will 'awaken to the dark.'
"--Paul Bogard, author of The End of Night "A wonderfully
reassuring antidote to the punishing electronic churn of the
digital mega-machine, Waking Up to the Dark offers a brave,
lyrical, and singular challenge to the techno-narcissism that rules
the day."--James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency and
the World Made by Hand novels "This wondrous book reminds us of a
forgotten place, a place obliterated by our screens and shining
surfaces that catch the glancing light and hide the depths from us.
Strand proposes a 'Dark Revolt.' Join him as you read this
revolutionary book!"--Joan Halifax Roshi, abbot of Upaya Zen Center
and author of Being with Dying
"Clark Strand has written a powerful book, an insightful testament
that reminds us what it means to be human. It enables us to
revision and reclaim the dark as an ally in our need to rediscover
wholeness for our world and for ourselves."--David Spangler, author
of Apprenticed to Spirit and Igniting Earth
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