Everyday mysticism
Subtitle: a contemplative community at work in the desert
By: Ariel Glucklich
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780300212099
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Mindfulness (Psychology); Mysticism; Neot Smadar (Religious community); Communal living
Description: "In this thoughtful and enlightening work, world renowned religion scholar Ariel Glucklich recounts his experiences at Neot Smadar, an ecological and spiritual oasis that has been thriving in the arid Southern Israeli desert for a quarter century. An intentional community originally established by a group of young professionals who abandoned urban life to found a school for the study of the self, Neot Smadar has thrived by putting ancient Buddhist and Hindu ideas into everyday practice as ways of living and working. Glucklich provides a fascinating detailed portrait of a dynamic farming community that runs on principles of spiritual contemplation and mindfulness, thereby creating a working environment that is highly ethical and nurturing. His study serves as a gentle invitation to join the world of mindful work, and to gain a new understanding of a unique form of mystical insight that exists without exoticism"--back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.