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This book is woven together by a problem that appears so suburban as to be banal and unnoticed: the author's battle with his lawn - anthills all over the facing yard, destruction dominating the back. How he learns to deal with these equal and opposite problems leads him to many intriguing philosophies and religions from East, West, and in between. The author begins with Taoism but discovers that this ancient Way from China has spiritual cousins here in the West - the West that is European and the West that is American. The Hopi people say that this, the world as we know it today, is also our last chance to set things right with nature... this is the last world. In this book, you will read stories from Eastern and Western traditions or life-ways, including Taoism, Zen Buddhism, Sufism, the Cabala, Hermetic philosophy, and alchemy; the philosophies of Plato, Jesus, Spinoza, Nietzsche, Godel, and Merton; Native American paths, in between East and West; poets, artists, and even some contemporary businesspeople... all of the sages and searchers Spiegel calls Wayfarers. The author lives in the suburbs of Washington, DC with his wife, his dog, and all the living things wrapped up in his three-quarter-acre yard. He studied the underground life-ways of the West, East, and in between long before he earned his Ph.D. in (and taught) Western philosophy. He is a fundraiser for nonprofit groups. He has written on subjects ranging from formal logic and pre-Columbian thought to models for psychology and fundraising ethics.

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