Travel is my middle name and I like to travel whenever I can. Give me a hotel room with a city or countryside to discover and I am happy with the world. I have been living in Doha, Qatar for the last several years teaching academic writing in the English Department at Qatar University.
Background
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I went to Boston University and Columbia University in New York City. I have lived in the Middle East for the last forty years and have been profoundly influenced by the religion and spiritual culture of this part of the world. Mind you, it is a different world we now live in and a different Middle East than the one I first arrive in many years ago. In addition to five books on the subject of tradition and modernity, I have written a number of articles on tradition, spirituality and alternative medicines.
Because my life has taken me far beyond the horizon of the small town where I was born outside of Boston Massachusetts, I have written about my experiences in many different part of the world, including the Middle and Far East. I have included various travel pieces on my Authors Den web site. One of these experiences was an unbelievable trip into the NorthWest Frontier Province of Pakistan at the turn of the new millennium where I stayed with a Pathan family in a small village. Another of these experiences was in Kerala India, where I stayed at an Ayurveda Nursing Home for a successful treatment of a frozen shoulder sports injury. This also was a fantastic experience that brought new insights to my world experience.
Birth Place
Boston, MA USA
Accomplishments
I have written over ten books on various aspects of spirituality and a number of articles that have appeared in such journals as the Sacred Web published out of Vancouver in Canada and Sophia associated with the Foundation for Traditional Studies.
Additional Information
Sample selection from the Preface of Journeys with Soul.
“Within each of us, there is a sacred center—call it a well, a bridge, and a hidden cave—that harbors the secret on one’s inborn destiny, the well to view the reflection of heaven, the bridge to cross between visible and invisible worlds, and the cave to meditate upon and internalize the knowledge of the world as the wisdom of the ages. I remember an experience from childhood that had a lasting impression of my native, childhood mind that may well have been the catalyst that put me inside the bottle of my fertile imagination and cast me adrift across the tumultuous sea of life in search of the Holy Grail, the source of some inner Nile, the lost tribe of Israel or the enchanted garden where myth becomes a narrative for truth and the natural beauties of the world become the signposts of a higher reality.”
Contact Information
Retired
North Bay Village, Miami Beach
Miami FL 33141
United States
World Wisdom Books
A traditional book publisher located in Bloomington, Indiana that publishes books on traditional, religiouis, and spiritual themes. This publisher has published several of my works and sells them online.
The Sacred Web
A spiritual journal published twice a year with articles that highlight the encounter between the traditional and modern worlds.
Academia
A professional website for academics to upload and publish online their writing and research.
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