This Week at Crazy Wisdom
May 21st
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Upcoming Events
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Series hosted by Heather Glidden
Eight Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. at Crazy Wisdom Community Room
Calling anyone (not just artists) who is interest in leading a more creative or spiritual life? This workshop is a guided exploration of The Artist's Way and includes mediation, life coaching inquiry, and time to work through exercises in the book. Free/donations welcome.
Call Heather 709-1464; heather.glidden@gmail.com.
May 22 * The Artist's Way, week #11: Recovering a Sense of Autonomy
 Drummunity Circles
hosted by
Lori Fithian
May 23, 7 p.m.
at Crazy Wisdom Community Room Get your hands on a drum and add your sound and spirit to the community groove. All are welcome to join in the circle. No experience necessary. Drums available. Free. Call 426-7818; lorifithian@mac.com or drummunity.com.
 An Evening of Poetry and Written Word hosted by Crazy Wisdom Tearoom and Phat Salmon *
Second and Fourth Wednesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. * Join us for tea and creativity. Free. For information, call 734-665-2757 or crazywisdom.net. Second Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. * Open Mic Poetry at Crazy Wisdom Tearoom hosted by David Mann and Phat Salmon. All writers welcome to share their poetry or short stories. Sing up begins at 6:45 p.m. Fourth Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. * Open Mic Poetry Reading and Writing Workshop at Crazy Wisdom Tearoom hosted by David Mann and Phat Salmon. All writers welcome to share their poetry or short stories. Writing workshop to follow, where writers can learn from other writers and share their own writing skills. Sign up begins at 6:45 p.m. |
New Tarot at CW
 The Steampunk Tarot
By: Barbara Moore, Aly Fell
Boxed Kit
Price: $28.95
Where the past and future converge . . .
With a turn of the wheel and a spin of the cog, the oracular machinery lumbers into action. The curtains slowly draw back; the time has come to reveal your destiny.
Created by award-winning tarot expert Barbara Moore and brilliantly brought to life by artist Aly Fell, The Steampunk Tarot deck offers a glimpse of the future through a lens to the past. Retooling the gears of the Rider-Waite tradition, each card's intricate artwork depicts a scintillating fusion of man and machine, nature and technology, science and alchemy, romance and fashion. The included manual offers tips, original spreads, and guidance in card interpretation. |
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| Live Music Weekends
at Crazy Wisdom Tea Room
8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
No Cover Charge
 Friday, May 25 - The DorkestraThey may have lunched alone in high school, but these dorks now swing up a storm! Categorizing themselves as "American Dork Jazz," The Dorkestra is a diverse group of musicians who have combined their study of Jazz, African, Latin, Middle Eastern, Salsa, Country and Funk into a unique eclectic repertoire to help you shake your booty and stomp your feet. Band members include Tim Berla, Charles Dayringer, Vicki Dischler, Alex Sergay and Dave SmilingSun. www.reverbnation.com/thedorkestra
 Saturday, May 26 -
Music in the Round w/ Jerry PartovichJerry Partovich defines himself as "One man with a Ukulele in his hand. Smiles and good cheer for free!" Jerry is a member of the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Ukulele Club, and a long-time performer as well as supporter of live music through his volunteer work at The Ark and other local venues. Jerry will be joined by other special musical guests for a round of music that will make you tap your toes and bring a smile to your face!
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New Music at CW
 Stars cd
by David Newman This is a wonderful new kirtan cd, combining lovely vocals with acoustic guitar. WARNING! The music on this cd may cause any of the following symptoms: open heartedness, optimism, gratitude, devotional bliss, spiritual revelry, unconditional love, abiding happiness, tears of joy, inner peace...
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The Crazy Wisdom
Community Journal
The May through August Issue is now available online.
Pick up a copy at Crazy Wisdom,
or any of our distribution points...
10,000 copies of The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal are distributed to more than 195 locations in the Ann Arbor area. |
 Crazy Wisdom Tearoom's house mug is perfect for your favorite tea and a perfect fit for our star moon infuser. Bring a little bit of the tearoom home or send a nurturing gift of some tea, a star-moon infuser, infuser and a mug. Holds 16 ounces. Om Shanti.
$12.00
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Great New Reads!
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or at Crazy Wisdom with coupon below!
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These Featured New Books
Through May 27th, 2012
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 A Teaching Handbook for Wiccans and Pagans: Practical Guidance for Sharing Your Path
(Paperback)
By Thea Sabin
List Price: $16.95
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As the Pagan and Wiccan communities grow, so does the need for teachers, mentors, and role models. For those who want to share their knowledge, teaching can be a very empowering and spiritual experience. But practicing the Craft and teaching it are two very different things.
In this timely guide, popular Wiccan author and teacher Thea Sabin presents clear techniques for creating a curriculum, including sample syllabi. She also provides instruction and guidance on crucial aspects of becoming an effective and inspiring teacher of Wicca and Paganism.
--Develop teaching methods for adult learners--Manage group dynamics--Give great presentations--Find and screen students--Set up online classes--Cultivate patience and humility
You will also find interviews and advice from several respected Pagan teachers, such as Patrick McCollum, Holli Emore of Cherry Hill Seminary, Christopher Penczak, and T. Thorn Coyle.
 Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
(Hardcover)
By Adharanand Finn
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"A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhino, and buffalo roam the plains on either side. But I haven't come to Kenya to spot wildlife. I've come to run."
Whether running is your recreation, your religion, or just a spectator sport, Adharanand Finn's incredible journey to the elite training camps of Kenya will captivate and inspire you. Part travelogue, part memoir, this mesmerizing quest to uncover the secrets of the world's greatest runners-and put them to the test-combines practical advice, a fresh look at barefoot running, and hard-won spiritual insights.
As a boy growing up in the English countryside, Adharanand Finn was a natural runner. While other kids struggled, he breezed through schoolyard races, imagining he was one of his heroes: the Kenyan long-distance runners exploding into prominence as Olympic and world champions. But as he grew up, pursued a career in journalism, married and had children, those childhood dreams slipped away-until suddenly, in his mid-thirties, Finn realized he might have only one chance left to see how far his talents could take him.
Uprooting his family of five, including three small children, Finn traveled to Iten, a small, chaotic town in the Rift Valley province of Kenya-a mecca for long-distance runners thanks to its high altitude, endless running paths, and some of the top training schools in the world. Finn would run side by side with Olympic champions, young hopefuls, and barefoot schoolchildren . . . not to mention the exotic-and sometimes dangerous-wildlife for which Kenya is famous.
Here, too, he would meet a cast of colorful characters, including his unflappable guide, Godfrey Kiprotich, a former half marathon champion; Christopher Cheboiboch, one of the fastest men ever to run the New York City Marathon; and Japhet, a poor, bucktoothed boy with unsuspected reservoirs of courage and raw speed. Amid the daily challenges of training and of raising a family abroad, Finn would learn invaluable lessons about running-and about life.
Running with the Kenyans is more than one man's pursuit of a lifelong dream. It's a fascinating portrait of a magical country-and an extraordinary people seemingly born to run
 William S. Burroughs vs. the Qur'an
(Paperback)
By Michael Muhammad Knight
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When Michael Muhammad Knight sets out to write the definitive biography of his "Anarcho-Sufi" hero and mentor, writer Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey), he makes a startling discovery that changes everything. At the same time that he grows disillusioned with his idol, Knight finds that his own books have led to American Muslim youths making a countercultural idol of him, placing him on the same pedestal that he had given Wilson.
In an attempt to forge his own path, Knight pledges himself to an Iranian Sufi order that Wilson had almost joined, attempts to write the Great American Queer Islamo-Futurist Novel, and even creates his own mosque in the wilderness of West Virginia. He also employs the "cut-up" writing method of Bey's friend, the late William S. Burroughs, to the Qur'an, subjecting Islam's holiest scripture to literary experimentation.
William S. Burroughs vs. the Qur'an is the struggle of a hero-worshiper without heroes and the meeting of religious and artistic paths, the quest of a writer as spiritual seeker.
 The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet
(Hardcover)
By Jim Robbins
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THIS BOOK JUST MIGHT SAVE THE PLANET
"When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago. The second best time? Today."-Chinese proverb
Twenty years ago, David Milarch, a northern Michigan nurseryman with a penchant for hard living, had a vision: angels came to tell him that the earth was in trouble. Its trees were dying, and without them, human life was in jeopardy. The solution, they told him, was to clone the champion trees of the world-the largest, the hardiest, the ones that had survived millennia and were most resilient to climate change-and create a kind of Noah's ark of tree genetics. Without knowing if the message had any basis in science, or why he'd been chosen for this task, Milarch began his mission of cloning the world's great trees. Many scientists and tree experts told him it couldn't be done, but, twenty years later, his team has successfully cloned some of the world's oldest trees-among them giant redwoods and sequoias. They have also grown seedlings from the oldest tree in the world, the bristlecone pine Methuselah.
When New York Times journalist Jim Robbins came upon Milarch's story, he was fascinated but had his doubts. Yet over several years, listening to Milarch and talking to scientists, he came to realize that there is so much we do not yet know about trees: how they die, how they communicate, the myriad crucial ways they filter water and air and otherwise support life on Earth. It became clear that as the planet changes, trees and forest are essential to assuring its survival. The Man Who Planted Trees is both a fascinating investigation into the world of trees and the inspiring story of one man's quest to help save the planet. This book's hopeful message of what one man can accomplish against all odds is also a lesson about how each of us has the ability to make a difference.
This book was printed in the United States of America on Rolland Enviro™
100 Book, which is manufactured using FSC-certified 100% postconsumer fiber and meets permanent paper standards.
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A Teaching Handbook for Wiccans and Pagans: Practical Guidance for Sharing Your Path by Thea Sabin (9780738727103)
Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth by Adharanand Finn (9780345528797)
William S. Burroughs Vs. the Qur'an by Michael Muhammad Knight (9781593764159)
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