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Opening the Mountain: Circumabulating Mount Tamalpais, a Ritual Walk - Softcover

Davis, Matthew; Scott, Michael Farrell

 
9781593761271: Opening the Mountain: Circumabulating Mount Tamalpais, a Ritual Walk
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ISBN 10: 1593761279 ISBN 13: 9781593761271
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC, 2006
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In 1965, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen gathered at the base of Mt. Tamalpais. Inspired by Tibetan and Indian practices of walking clockwise - "the way of the sun" - around a venerated object, they "opened the mountain" by completing the first circumambulation of Mt. Tamalpais. They did it again two years later, a month after the "Human Be-in" in Golden Gate Park, and with greater company as they invited the public to join them. The practice has continued almost uninterrupted for forty years, with Matthew Davis finding an organizing role on April 8, 1971, the Buddha's birthday, when he first led the walk. He has led the celebrations more than 140 times since then.

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  • PublisherCounterpoint LLC
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 1593761279
  • ISBN 13 9781593761271
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages176
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