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    Fierce Protectors and Kindly Guides
    Fierce Protectors and Kindly Guides
    Fierce Protectors and Kindly Guides
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    Fierce Protectors and Kindly Guides

    By John Knox McIlwain

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    These poems honor the life of the heart and the spirit and speak of a growing intimacy with nature, the land, and the sea. They are grounded in a spiritual path, and though they are sometimes irreverent, they are always full of love for the divine and great gratitude for life. Most reflect the experience of living on the Maine coast and in treelined Brooklyn, New York. Voice is given to the spirits of the mountains and trees, the fogs off the Gulf of Maine, and a sometimes whimsical imagination. They range from reverential to lighthearted, and all come out of a deeply felt gratitude for all life and bring with it its challenges, its sorrows, and its blessings.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateAug 22, 2016
    ISBN9781490776361
    Fierce Protectors and Kindly Guides
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    John Knox McIlwain

    John McIlwain is a longtime student, practitioner, and teacher of Buddhism and other spiritual paths and is currently exploring shamanism and indigenous wisdom. He recently retired from a career in law and business and has written on housing, urbanism, and sustainable development. Today he leads small groups of people intent on self-discovery and inner growth, and he is the director of the Climate, Mind, and Behavior Program at the Garrison Institute, a contemplative retreat center in Garrison, New York. He lives with his wife in Brooklyn, New York, and Port Clyde, Maine. For more information, please go to www.mcilwainmentoring.net.

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