Cosmic Shifts Summer Book Group: Braiding Sweetgrass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

6 weekly meetings starting Thursday June 20

6:00 PM - 7:30PM via Zoom with

Linda Choser

The Cosmic Shifts Summer Book Group will be reading Braiding

Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the

Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman,

Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod,

strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and

sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how

to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of

Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she

circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological

consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of

our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For

only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be

capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to

give our own gifts in return.

[Reading for June 20 Discussion: Preface- Page 59]

Cosmic Shifts engages in books that offer different approaches to

spirituality that will foster deep conversations in a safe, non-

judgemental setting. Our goal is to create community in an

atmosphere of open-mindedness, inquisitiveness and childlike

inquiry. Join Linda Choser for a book circle with a free-flowing

format that will engage your mind and spirit. Prepare to be

spiritually stretched!