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Author Talk and Guided Meditation with Jeff Golden
October 5 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Join local author Jeff Golden for a reading of his book Reclaiming the Sacred: Healing Our Relationships with Ourselves and the World. This event will include a guided meditation, an experiential activity, a brief video, and a Q&A with the author followed by a book signing. Books will be available for purchase.
If you would like to read the book before the event, you can request a copy here.
About the Book
Reclaiming the Sacred draws on the work of thousands of psychologists and economists, cosmologists and activists, saints and poets to explore what factors most nourish human well-being—and what do not, most notably money and possessions. It examines the ways materialism impoverishes people individually and fuels violence and destruction globally, particularly in the context of global warming. Then it goes beyond all of that, taking readers on a journey both scientific and mystical of reclaiming the true wonder of themselves and this gorgeous world.
About the Author
Jeff Golden is the author of Reclaiming the Sacred: Healing Our Relationships with Ourselves and the World, winner of the Grand Prize at the Nautilus Book Awards. Previous winners include the Dalai Lama, Barbara Kingsolver, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Brené Brown. It was also named Best Environmental Book of the Year by Indie Reader and others.
Jeff has been teaching and writing about these topics for over thirty years, most recently at Vassar College. He was a Fulbright Scholar in sustainable development and a recipient of the State Department’s Millennium International Volunteer Award. He is a prison reform and animal rights activist, and has headed several nonprofits promoting social justice, sustainability, and international education. A native of Idaho, he resides in Beacon, New York, with his children, the river, and the stars.
