CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
His Life is Your Life
A modern retelling of the ancient story of the Buddha
David Guy
David Guy is the author of six novels, including Jake Fades: A Novel of Impermanence and Hank Heals: A Novel of Miracles, the first two volumes of his Zen trilogy. He co-authored Breath by Breath and Living in the Light of Death with his first meditation teacher, Larry Rosenberg. Now retired from Duke University, he divides his time between Durham and Asheville, North Carolina. Learn more at www.davidguy.org.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Trying to Speak: A Personal History of Stage Fright
David Guy discovers a method for confronting his deepest fears.
‘Zig Zag Zen’ Edited by Allan Hunt Badiner
Zig Zag Zen:Buddhism and Psychedelics Edited by Allan Hunt Badiner Chronicle Books: San Francisco, 2002 238 pp.; $24.95 (cloth) Zig Zag Zen concerns the influence of psychedelics on Buddhism, but the issue it ultimately raises is…
Christmas Humphreys
[Humphreys and his wife] ran the Buddhist Lodge from their flat . . . where they had made a hideaway with a bright fire, Persian rugs, incense, golden Buddhas, and a library of magical books which…
The Zen of Living and Dying / Lessons from the Dying
By Philip Kapleau / Rodney Smith
The Hermit Who Owned His Mountain
A Profile of W.Y. Evans Wentz
CultureMagazine | Book Reviews
The Tale Of The Incomparable Prince
The Tale of the Incomparable Prince Mdo Mkhar Tshe Ring Dbang Rgyal Translated by Beth Newman HarperPerennial: New York, 1997 319 pp., $13.00 (paperback). It’s not surprising that The Tale of the Incomparable Prince—which its publisher…
The Mysterious Madame Blavatsky
The famed psychic, mystic, and founder of Theosophy
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Ancestors
Alexandra David-Néel
Alexandra David-Néel lived 100 years. She was born in France in 1868, the period of la belle epoque, and died there in 1969, soon after the student riots in Paris. In between she spent fourteen years…
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