Finding Spirituality in Avatar (Part I)

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Channel: Emory University · 2010 · Education

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Dr. Escobar, a biologist at Emory University, has been holding conversations about topics related to science and spirituality in the greater Atlanta area (http://www.mythicjourneys.org/newsletter_feb09_davis2.html). He is currently traveling to Dharamsala, India, to teach/learn from Tibetan Buddhist Monks through the Emory Tibet Science Initiative at 
http://www.tibet.emory.edu/news/index.html
Please visit his blog at
http://fiatlux1111.wordpress.com/ 

His book Mythology for the New World can be purchased at the links below.
http://www.amazon.com/Mythology-New-World-Synthesis-Religion/dp/0595335837/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265742474&sr=8-1
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Mythology-for-the-New-World/Alexander-Escobar/e/9780595335831/?itm=1&USRI=Mythology+for+the+New+World
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