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John Muir vision

In the Presence of Spiritual Giants

August 12, 2020 by bofaw Leave a Comment

This letter is a rebuttal to the Sierra Club’s odious attempt to besmirch the legacy and writing of John Muir, their legendary founder. It is my contention that, like every human on Earth, Muir was imperfect yet he achieved the status of two world-renown spiritual paragons. St. Francis of Assisi Indulged by his parents, Francis … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: bio-spirituality. freedom of religion, John Muir vision, Sierra Club, Spiritual Giants, spiritual gifts, spirituality, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Ignatius of Loyola

John Muir: Reflections Of The Soul In The Sierra Nevada

January 6, 2020 by bofaw Leave a Comment

Excerpt: “The Soul Of The World,” by Phil Cousineau/Eric Lawton “If my soul could get away from this so-called prison, be granted all the attributes generally bestowed on spirits, my first ramble on spirit-wings would not be among the volcanoes of the moon. Nor should I follow the sunbeams to their sources in the sun. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Bio-spirituality, John Muir vision, soul medicine, spirituality, Yosemite

John Muir: Flying Lessons off of Half Dome

November 19, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“Come to the edge, he said. We are afraid, they said. Come to the edge, he said. They came to the edge, He pushed them and they flew. Come to the edge, Life said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, Life said. They came. It pushed them… And they flew.” Christopher Logue … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Biodesign Out For A Walk, Half Dome, John Muir vision, spiritual growth, spirituality, Yosemite

John Muir: Mystic Of The Sierra Nevada

September 23, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

According to Edwin Way Teal (editor: The Wilderness World of John Muir) Muir was a scientist, a poet, a mystic, a philosopher and a humorist. The mystic in him wrote: “No sane man in the hands of Nature can doubt the doubleness of his life. Soul and body receive separate nourishment and separate exercise, and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Biodesign Out For A Walk, Half Dome, John Muir vision, Loren Eiseley, R.W. Emerson, Yosemite Valley

John Muir—Shakespeare—Mysteries of the Sierra Nevada Mountains

August 26, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“No amount of word-making will ever make a single soul to know these mountains. As well seek to warm the naked and frost-bitten by lectures on caloric and pictures of flame. One day’s exposure to mountains is better than cartloads of books.” JM In three simple, expository lines Muir opened a window to his soul. … [Read more…]

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John Muir—Loren Eiseley—Annie Dillard Playfulness—Bio-spirituality

June 26, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

One of the primary reasons that John Muir, Loren Eiseley and Annie Dillard were celebrated as major mentors in the Biodesign Class was their respective genius in describing playfulness as a quintessential component in the biology of Planet Earth. Dillard described dolphins frolicking in the water around the Galapagos Islands. I suspect that she would … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: C.S. Lewis, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir vision, Loren Eiseley, playfulness

St. John of the Mountains

April 16, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

Happy 181st Birthday John Muir: April 21, 1838 After whimsically describing John Muir as, “St. John of the Mountains,” I have come to suspect the designation may have been more Jungian and less whimsy. If so, his elevation to sainthood may not be an unrealistic overreach. In many ways he lived like an ascetic monk, … [Read more…]

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John Muir and a Sea of Wildflowers

April 3, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

There are religious scholars who believe that John Muir was sent as God’s messenger to interpret and describe the wonders and miracles of the wilderness. Conversely, there are secular scientists who assert that his life is a testament of the unlimited creativity of random genetic combinations without involvement with a Supreme Being. However, what they … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Author Lowell Harrison Young, Biodesign Out For A Walk, God's wildness, John Muir, John Muir vision, super bloom, The Mountains of California

Yin-Yang—Divine Green Slime—Biodesign

June 27, 2018 by bofaw 1 Comment

The two quintessential decisions that led to the birth of the Biodesign Class at St. Helena High School were adopting John Muir as our primary mentor and planning a six-day trip to Yosemite N.P. to explore what he was writing about. In preparation for each trip we pondered The Wilderness World Of John Muir (edited … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: bio-spirituality. freedom of religion, Biodesign Out For Walk, existence of God, John Muir vision, the origin of life

From John Muir To Social Injustice

December 3, 2017 by bofaw Leave a Comment

In 1976, naturalist T. H. Watkins published, John Muir’s America. He must have felt that he knew Muir’s soul so well that he composed three imaginary conversations with the venerable old mountain man. The first dialogue began on the veranda of Muir’s home in Martinez, Ca. The two men discussed many ecological topics as they … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Biodesign Out For A Walk, faith, freedom of religion, John Muir vision, Lowell Harrison Young, spiritual growth
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