AWHI Book Club
No pressure. No performative book-club energy. Definitely no homework policing. Just show up, join the kōrero, and see what you think.
No pressure. No performative book-club energy. Definitely no homework policing. Just show up, join the kōrero, and see what you think!
It's free to join, but please register your interest below so we can manage the snacks properly!
June & July Read
The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe by Jeremy Lent.
For 3 June, we'll be reading the first half of the book — Parts 1–3. For July, we'll read Parts 4–6.
You don't have to complete the entire reading to join! The book can be loaned from the Wellington Library, purchased online, or streamed free with Spotify Premium.
"The book presents a new story of meaning, pointing to a central core of wisdom that people have known throughout history but was obliterated by the mainstream European tradition — the understanding that, at the deepest levels, we are all interconnected. It lays out the framework for a new integrated global consciousness, based on an underlying and all-infusing recognition of connectedness: within ourselves, with other humans, and with the entire natural world. Living with this deep realization, we are truly 'at home in the universe' — and are naturally driven to engage in the transformation our civilization desperately needs."
— From a conversation between Jeremy Lent and David Wahl on Medium. Read it here.
Facilitators
Veena Patel
Long time AWHI member, RYT-200 and co-founder of Good Company Yoga. Lawyer by trade. Lover of books, laughs and good chats. No visual historical evidence of ever having read a book, but strong yoga posture and hot takes since roughly 4 years old.
Kathleen Kuehn
Long-time AWHI member, ERYT-500 and co-owner of AWHI Yoga & Wellbeing. Side hustles as a University lecturer in Media & Comms and has been an avid reader since before she could actually read.