How to Write Haiku and Other Spiritual Practices with Clark Strand

<p>Clark Strand is an American author and lecturer on spirituality and religion.  He is a former Zen Buddhist monk and was the first Senior Editor of Tricycle:  The Buddhist Review.  He is also the author of many books including <a href="http://links.penguinrandomhouse.com/type/affiliate/isbn/9780812988956/siteID/8001/retailerid/6/trackingcode/penguinrandom">The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary</a> and <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781948626859">Seeds of a Birch Tree:  Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey</a></p> <p>In this episode, Eric and Clark discuss a few of his books in addition to his exploration of the many spiritual traditions.</p> <p>But wait, there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. <a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. </a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p> <p>Clark Strand and I Discuss Haiku and Other Creative Spiritual Practices and …</p> <ul> <li>His book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781948626729">Waking Up to the Dark:  The Black Madonna’s Gospel for an Age of Extinction and Collapse</a></li> <li>His exploration of many spiritual traditions</li> <li>Self power and other power</li> <li>The circular notion of spiritual life rather than linear notion of progress</li> <li>How a bead/rosary practice represents the circular nature of spirituality</li> <li>The “hour of God” or “hour of the wolf” when awake in the night</li> <li>Haiku and the tradition and forms of this type of poetry</li> <li>Translation of haiku is “playful verse”</li> <li>How profound meanings can come through from this playful art from</li> </ul> <p>Clark Strand links:</p> <p><a href="https://wayoftherose.org/">Clark’s Website</a></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/way_of_the_rose/">Instagram</a></em></p> <p>By p<em>urchasing p