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Earth house hold, technical notes & queries to fellow dharma revolutionaries, Gary Snyder

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Earth house hold

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Gary Snyder

A New Directions book

technical notes & queries to fellow dharma revolutionaries

"Both Pound and Williams have shown how a good poet can revitalize prose style. Earth House Hold (a play on the root meanings of 'ecology'), drawn from Gary's essays and journals, may prove a landmark for the new generation. 'As a poet, ' Snyder tells us, 'I hold the most archaic values on earth. They go back to the late Paleolithic; the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying intuition and rebirth; the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe.' He develops, as replacement for shattered social structures. a concept of tribal tradition which could lead to "growth and enlightenment in self-disciplined freedom. Whatever it is or ever was in any other culture can be reconstructed from the unconscious through meditation ... the coming revolution will close the circle and link us in many ways with the most creative aspects of our archaic past."--Back cover

Lookout's journal -- Review -- Japan first time around -- Spring sesshin at Shokoku-ji -- Tanker notes -- Record of the life of the Ch'an Master Po-chang -- A journey to Rishikesh and Hardwar -- Buddhism and the coming revolution -- Glacier Peak Wilderness Area -- Passage to more than India -- Why tribe -- Poetry and the primitive -- Dharma queries -- Suwa-no-Se Island and the Banyan Ashram