Spirituality
Spiritual revelations do not arrive from thinking long & hard about Divinity. They come through silencing our thoughts, moving our ego out of the way, and opening up to the quiet, mysterious, spiritual realm that is always here with us. The world of soul is here and now, superimposed and woven through the world of the five sense. It doesn't take belief. It is Reality itself. You must only learn to see beyond the veils.
“There is another world, but it is in this one."
–W.B. Yeats
Spirituality
Spiritual revelations do not arrive from thinking long & hard about Divinity. They come through silencing our thoughts, moving our ego out of the way, and opening up to the quiet, mysterious, spiritual realm that is always here with us. The world of soul is here and now, superimposed and woven through the world of the five sense. It doesn't take belief. It is Reality itself. You must only learn to see beyond the veils.
“There is another world, but it is in this one."
–W.B. Yeats
Spirituality
Spiritual revelations do not arrive from thinking long & hard about Divinity. They come through silencing our thoughts, moving our ego out of the way, and opening up to the quiet, mysterious, spiritual realm that is always here with us. The world of soul is here and now, superimposed and woven through the world of the five sense. It doesn't take belief. It is Reality itself. You must only learn to see beyond the veils.
“There is another world, but it is in this one."
–W.B. Yeats
Healing
Healing occurs in the mind, heart, spirit, and body. Any system of self-improvement that does not address all of these essential components of the human being is lacking. I believe this so strongly I’ll repeat it: Any attempt to heal only one aspect of yourself without addressing the others, will ultimately lead to imbalance and unhappiness.
Poetry, World, & Spiritual Thought
Honors 430
This course is an exploratory journey through poetic and spiritual traditions spanning cultures and centuries—from the ancient wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita, to the soulful, philosophical meditations of Jean Biès, the existential awe of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies, the nature-inspired sacred music of the Yawanawá, and the ecstatic Sufi poetry of Rumi and Hafiz.
Together, we’ll explore how poetry can become a space for revelation, contemplation, longing, and communion across cultures and centuries. My hope is that by the end of the semester, you'll walk away not only inspired by the poetry itself, but by the many ways human beings have encountered meaning, beauty, transcendence, and a deeper relationship to existence through poetry and spiritual thought.
For your final project, you'll have the option to respond to one of our core themes in either a thesis-driven academic essay, or through a creative project in the artistic medium of your choice.
