Sacred World: Spiritual and Ecological Writings of Jane Hirshfield and David Hinton with Jerry Webster
Course Title: Sacred World: Spiritual and Ecological Writings of Jane Hirshfield and David Hinton with Jerry Webster
Instructor: Jerry Webster, PhD
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February 4, 2026 - March 4, 2026 (5 Sessions)
Wednesday, 6:30PM ET - 8:30PM ET
Virtual via Zoom
Course Description: How can ancient Eastern philosophy help us see and live more deeply in the modern world? This course explores the luminous works of Jane Hirshfield and David Hinton, two writers whose poetry and prose arise from decades of Zen and Taoist practice. Through guided meditation, close reading, and reflective writing, we’ll experience how awareness, simplicity, and nature interweave to form what Zen calls “The Gateless Gate”—a landscape of insight and mystery.
Readings include Hirshfield’s Ledger: Poems (2020), Hinton’s Hunger Mountain: A Field Guide to Mind and Landscape (2012), and Orient: Two Walks at the Edge of the Human (2025). Explore how poetic attention and meditative awareness dissolve the boundaries between self, landscape, and language.
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