By the Oak explores the inner traditions of some of the world's great wisdom paths, rivers of inner knowing flowing through different cultures and times, seeking the nature of reality and life itself.
Paths of Inner Knowing
- Western Hermetic philosophy
- Buddhist traditions of embodied awakening
- Major Sufi traditions
Exploring unity in reality
the Book of Nature
The Hermetic path sees the cosmos, nature and the human being as deeply connected. 'As Above, So Below'. Nature becomes a book.
Reading the living world.
Path of the Heart
Feel the unitiy of the human, the divine and all life
- Ibn 'Arabi
- Rumi's Mevlevi tradition
- Inayat Khan
- Naqshbandiyya Mujaddiyya tradition
Loving and remembering
Embodied Awakening
Buddhahood 'in this very body' . Experience reality through mantra, mudra, mandala and meditation in traditions such as ancient Chinese Tangmi and Japanese Shingon.
Engaging body, speech and mind