And Live Rejoicing Chapters from a Charmed Life — Personal Encounters with Spiritual Mavericks, Remarkable Seekers, and the World's Great Religious Leaders

by Smith, Huston; Cousineau, Phil

• ISBN13: 9781608680719
• ISBN10: 1608680711
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-04
• Publisher: New World Library

Summary

At age 92, spiritual trailblazer Huston Smith takes readers behind the scenes of his near century of adventurous seeking. Born to missionaries in China in 1919, few have done as much as Smith to explore and share the world's religious and spiritual traditions - and none have done so with such accessibility, wonder, and delight. Here, in the company of avid fellow seeker Phil Cousineau, Smith looks back on his extraordinary life, describing riveting scenes from around the world (from small town revival meetings in the rural Midwest and Native American sweat lodges to India, Africa, Tibet, and Japan) and magical encounters with unforgettable characters (including Pete Seeger, Martin Luther King Jr, AA cofounder Bill Wilson, Joseph Campbell, and Reuben Snake). He also - with undiminished enthusiasm and eloquence - looks forward, inspiring readers to not just seize the day, but seize it rejoicingly.

Author Biography

Huston Smith is the contemporary face of comparative religious study. He lives in Berkeley, CA. Phil Cousineau is an award-winning author (of books including The Art of Pilgrimage and Once and Future Myths) and filmmaker. He lives in San Francisco, CA.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Oh, Happy Day	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Introduction	p. xxiii
Saving the Moon and Other Memories of a Boyhood in China	p. 3
College Life in the Heartland	p. 21
Launching My Career	p. 31
Out of the Mouths of Babes	p. 39
Being Driven Temporarily Psychotic in Kyoto's, Temple of the Marvelous Mind	p. 45
Our Love Affair with the World	p. 57
A Globe-Circling Adventure	p. 69
Being Detained and Interrogated in the World's Largest Police Station	p. 87
Magic and Mystery on the Roof of the World	p. 93
Lions on the Serengeti Plain	p. 107
Be Ever at the Ready as You Ramble	p. 113
Improbables	p. 121
Primal Religions, Primal Passions	p. 131
Surprised by Existence	p. 143
What's It All About?	p. 149
Fame at My Elbow	p. 157
How Philosophy Heals	p. 189
Epilogue: Famous Last Words	p. 193
Notes	p. 195
Index	p. 199
About Huston Smith	p. 209
About Phil Cousineau	p. 211
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