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Mystical London: English Nondual Traditions
"I behold London: A Human awful wonder of God. He says: Return,
Albion, return! I give myself for thee: My Streets are my Ideas of Imagination. Awake Albion, awake! and let us wake up together." William Blake, Jerusalem The Emanation of the
Giant Albion
For one month each summer, students can live and study in the vibrant metropolis that inspired visionary thinkers from William Blake to Charles Darwin. In this year's faculty-led English department program, students join an acclaimed teacher and scholar of the history of science and literature to explore and contextualize writings from early and modern authors of the British visionary traditions of magic, science, poetry, and prose — mapping the patterns of mystic England where texts enacted the veritable "experimental science" of the mind, the "spells" of stage, drawing room, garden, museum, and pub. Diverse mystical writers such as Julian of Norwich, Thomas Traherne, Charles Darwin, Coventry Patmore, and Helena Blavatsky sought not only to describe the world but to merge with it in a way akin to "nondual" philosophies of India; this was their distinct magic, and London was at the center of much of it.
Students will begin with
early texts that will contextualize the role of meditation, contemplation and magic in British literary history, moving historically through the poets (e.g., Shelley, Blake,
Wordsworth), artists (e.g., Blake, the pre-Raphaelites), and scientists (e.g., Darwin, Huxley) of contemplation and transformation. With the help of these texts and the locales
of London and The Lake District, we will collectively explore the transformative effects of these nondual traditions, evolving a view that integrates the seemingly opposed viewpoints
of science and spirit, self and other.
The students will stay in shared apartments in Kensington, located in west central London. Nearby attractions include the Victoria and Albert Museum, Kensington Palace, and the Natural History Museum.
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