March 2017 Book of the Month Words from a Wanderer, version two, is a timeless and beautiful collection of #anote2self affirmations. This book of gems was first published in 2013 as a collection of notes and love poems. For the three year anniversary, WFAW has been redesigned, re-edited and rereleased. It is now a book of 62 #anote2self daily affirmations that readers can carry with them easily. This edition can serve as a resource for daily meditation, mantra guidance, and encouragement to its reader. Author, Alexandra Elle, created this book to shed light on the fact that indeed not all who wander are lost; some are simply still finding their way. www.alexelle.com
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Sacred Contracts
January 2017 Book of the Month New York Times bestselling author and medical intuitive Caroline Myss has found that when people don’t understand their purpose in life the result can be depression, anxiety, fatigue, and eventually physical illness—in short, a spiritual malaise of epidemic proportions. Myss’s experience of working with people led her to develop an insightful and ingenious process for deciphering your own Sacred Contract—or higher purpose—using a new theory of archetypes that builds on the works of Jung, Plato, and many other contemporary thinkers. Read More
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The Invention of Wings
December 2016 Book of the Month It’s winter break! Thought we’d pick an old favorite novel of ours to dive into… “The Invention of Wings, a powerful and sweeping historical novel by Sue Monk Kidd, begins, fittingly, with an image of flight: Hetty “Handful”, who has grown up as a slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, recalls the night her mother told her that her ancestors in Africa could fly over trees and clouds. That day, Handful’s mother, Charlotte, gave her daughter the gift of hope— the possibility that someday she might regain her wings and fly to freedom. Throughout Kidd’s exquisitely written story, Handful struggles, sometimes with quiet dissidence, sometimes with open rebellion, to cultivate a belief in the invincibility of her spirit and in the sacred truth that…
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The Essential Rumi
August 2015 Book of the Month It’s that time of year again, and you may not want to dip into a novel right now. This should be a time of reflection and getting ready for the semester ahead. So we thought you might enjoy a book of poems by Rumi. Our favorite method of reading a book of poems is to just pick it up and open to any page. The poem below is what we opened up to today. Sure seems fitting! A Cleared Site The presence rolling through again clears the shelves and shuts down shops. Friend of the soul, enemy of the soul, why do you want mine? Bring tribute from the village. But the village is gone in your flood. That cleared site is what I…
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The Universe is a Green Dragon by Brian Swimme
June 2015 Book of the Month Presented as a classical dialogue between a young man and a wise elder, cosmologist Brian Swimme’s unique book, The Universe is a Green Dragon encourages readers of all ages to engage their imaginations when considering traditional models of scientific understanding. Reminding readers that curiosity, mystery and inspiration remain the underpinning of science, Swimme unfolds big ideas in bite size pieces of a larger narrative. Swimme connects the human experience to cosmic reality both through scientific evidence and mystical thought. Integrating science and mysticism grounds his story in both inspiration and possibility. Importantly, Swimme empowers the reader to reimagine the role of personal existence and the expansion of the universe. According to Swimme, the awakening of the earth has a direct relationship to the growth and expansion of the human mind. “The Earth…
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Wild by Cheryl Strayed
August 2014 Book of the Month While in Block Island, Chelsea and I enjoyed a mini-book club together. Our book of choice: Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Admittedly, Wild is more of a Chelsea kind of book. Not only am I not much of an outdoors woman myself, the idea of “finding oneself” while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail struck me as a bold and somewhat outlandish goal. Finding “truth” via physical suffering has always struck me as a misguided effort. And while I am a lover of nature, I don’t need to get super up close and personal with bears, snakes and snowy ice caps to appreciate their existence. Despite my initial misgivings, Cheryl’s story proved to be completely captivating. Not only was I riveted by her physical bravery, I…
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Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
October 2013 Book of the Month This could be fun! I’m only 15 pages into this book and it’s already hard to put down. If your looking for a philosophical dive into a grasping narrative then (so far) this is the book to open. Join us…
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The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
September 2013 Book of the Month I read The Celestine Prophecy during the first couple weeks of school in my first year at the College for Creative Studies. I had just moved to Detroit and I was enrolled in a Sociology class taught by Molly Beauregard. This is when Molly and I met for the first time (in this life). I’ll never forget the way she smiled with her hand resting on my book saying, “This is a very good book, one of my favorites.” This was actually the very first book I read on my not so declared at the time but ever present “spiritual quest”. And with that, I’ll leave you to the wild, wonderful and supremely suspenseful book that is, The Celestine Prophesy…might this be a coincidence?…
