Thomas Buckley

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Thomas "Tim" Buckley (May 28, 1942 – April 16, 2015) was an American anthropologist and Buddhist monastic best known for his long-term ethnographic research with the Yurok Indians of northern California.

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The One Who Flies All Around the World, by Thomas Buckley

May 28, 2018By Thomas Buckley

The dance of wealth among the Yurok tribe

Two acclaimed filmmakers open this issue of “She is the holy Oneness; that’s why she is a mystery,” says the African healer and guide Baba Mandaza Augustine Kademwa, in conversation with the Buddhist teacher Thanissara in this Winter 2019-2020 issue of Parabola. He speaks of Mother Earth, whom he says accepts to be called by many names, including Goddess. But this issue on Goddess reveals that she is always to some degree unknown. “The brain isn’t the highest human function,” points out physician and author Rachel Naomi Remen in conversation here with Parabola’s West Coast editor Richard Whittaker. “The highest human function is shrouded in mystery.” Read more>

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Thomas Buckley

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The One Who Flies All Around the World, by Thomas Buckley

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