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Havens in a Hectic World: Finding Sacred Places
"In British Columbia especially, the natural landscape is the reference point many of us use when we reflect on what is sacred,"; writes Star Weiss in Havens in a Hectic World: Finding Sacred Places (TouchWood $29.95).
Weiss's world changed drastically when she moved to British Columbia from New York State in 1972.
"Once displaced, I, like the early white settlers to B.C., felt free to start over, discard old notions and come up with a new way of seeing the world and the big questions that come with it,"; she writes.
Having lived on Quadra Island and at Maple Bay in the Cowichan Valley for 36 years, Weiss has identified 44 sites where peace, serenity and renewal have been experienced on the West Coast-each recommended by a different British Columbian.
Most of the sites are on Vancouver Island, but three are on Haida Gwai, and Alice Walker biographer Evelyn White cites the grave of black pioneer Sylvia Stark who lived to be 105 on Saltspring Island.
"The movement from slavery to liberation is right here,"; says Evelyn White. "She [Stark] came here to be free. I came here free. I can choose how to shape my years [on Saltspring].";
978-1-894898-69-0
[BCBW 2008] "History"
Weiss's world changed drastically when she moved to British Columbia from New York State in 1972.
"Once displaced, I, like the early white settlers to B.C., felt free to start over, discard old notions and come up with a new way of seeing the world and the big questions that come with it,"; she writes.
Having lived on Quadra Island and at Maple Bay in the Cowichan Valley for 36 years, Weiss has identified 44 sites where peace, serenity and renewal have been experienced on the West Coast-each recommended by a different British Columbian.
Most of the sites are on Vancouver Island, but three are on Haida Gwai, and Alice Walker biographer Evelyn White cites the grave of black pioneer Sylvia Stark who lived to be 105 on Saltspring Island.
"The movement from slavery to liberation is right here,"; says Evelyn White. "She [Stark] came here to be free. I came here free. I can choose how to shape my years [on Saltspring].";
978-1-894898-69-0
[BCBW 2008] "History"
Submitted on September 5, 2008 in By David.
