ANDREW HARVEY on Confronting Crisis with Divine Dignity /30

As we stand in awe before biotic and societal collapse, Andrew Harvey gives us a map of mystical teachings to help us navigate the dark night of the soul and to emerge as empowered Earth defenders. Andrew Harvey is Founder Director of the Institute of Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability. Sacred Activism is a transforming force of compassion-in-action that is born of a fusion of spiritual knowledge, courage, love, and passion, with wise radical action to preserve and heal the planet and its inhabitants. Andrew was born in south India in 1952, and went to school in England. He studied history at Oxford, receiving England’s highest academic honors. Over the last forty years he has plunged into different mystical traditions to learn their secrets and practices, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Sufism. He has synthesized these mystical explorations with a deep environmental and humanitarian ethic in the practice of Sacred Activism. He is the author of over 30 books.