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Inspired by the Ruby'aiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Garden Path offers a unique and insightful view of the path of spiritual enlightenment; the path of a human life in this Earthly Garden. Stages along this path are described in 108 limericks, each providing food for thought and contemplation. A final essay shows the unity of faith and reason on this path, and describes the sub rosa transmission of the sacred knowledge of humanity, carried on in the cacophony of the everyday marketplace.

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The Garden Path is a beautiful and unusual book. It consists of 108 illustrated limericks, a few lines of poetic inspiration dramatizing a path of spiritual liberation. The path is tricky, thorny, moving from the would-be Seekers consciousness in sleep, to uncertainty and confusion, to eventual awakening. Spiritual aspirants will find this elegant manual helpful; it can inspire as well as guide. The final section is an essay on the life and work of the medieval Persian poet Omar Khayyam, surely a fitting example of a life lived in wisdom and grace. - Alex S. Kohav, Ph.D., Author of The Sod Hypothesis, editor of Mysticism and Meaning and Mysticism and Experience. Who would ever have thought that the spiritual life could be captured through a load of limericks? Not me, but I loved this little book and kept returning to it to find new meanings and deeper encouragement to practice. - Susan Blackmore, Ph.D., Author of Seeing Myself: What Out-of-Body Experiences Tell Us About Life, Death and the Mind; Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Zen and the Art of Consciousness; Ten Zen Questions; and The Meme Machine.

"""The Garden Path is a beautiful and unusual book. It consists of 108 illustrated limericks, a few lines of poetic inspiration dramatizing a path of spiritual liberation. The path is tricky, thorny, moving from the would-be Seekers consciousness in sleep, to uncertainty and confusion, to eventual awakening. Spiritual aspirants will find this elegant manual helpful; it can inspire as well as guide. The final section is an essay on the life and work of the medieval Persian poet Omar Khayyam, surely a fitting example of a life lived in wisdom and grace.""- Alex S. Kohav, Ph.D., Author of The Sod Hypothesis, editor of Mysticism and Meaning and Mysticism and Experience. ""Who would ever have thought that the spiritual life could be captured through a load of limericks? Not me, but I loved this little book and kept returning to it to find new meanings and deeper encouragement to practice."" - Susan Blackmore, Ph.D., Author of Seeing Myself: What Out-of-Body Experiences Tell Us About Life, Death and the Mind; Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Zen and the Art of Consciousness; Ten Zen Questions; and The Meme Machine."

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"Burton Voorhees has published more than 100 scientific papers in general relativity, psychology, complexity theory, mathematical biology, philosophy of science, network theory, and cultural evolution. His first job was in 1971, teaching at a private college in Tehran, Iran, where he developed an interest in Sufism. Since then, he has studied Sufism, Gurdjieff, Tai Chi, Zen, and ritual magic. His main spiritual path is the Arica School of Knowledge. Linda Voorhees, together with her husband James and their two children, homesteaded in Alaska for thirty years, cultivating skills in land clearing, milling, building, gardening, community development, first aid, and homeschooling. In 2006, James developed Alzheimer's, so he and Linda moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he passed into the light in 2014. Today, Linda meditates, practices Tai Chi, paints, and revels in the art and community at Burning Man. ""If life is a monastery, I am the monk in the garden with a bottle of wine, singing to the moon."""

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