SUN. FEB 9TH, 7PM-9PM AT MYSTIC, SF DOGPATCH (address with ticket)
A poet is someone who can pour light into a cup, then raise it to nourish your beautiful, parched holy mouth. ~ Hafez
During this 2-hour class, oshan anand will share poetry from Zen, Taoist, Sufi, Sikh, Hindu, Tantric, Islamic, Christian, and indigenous traditions, with biographical, historical, philosophical, and mystical context.
Come early (6:30pm) and stay after (until 10pm) for free Gongfu Tea service.
Why Mystical Poetry?
Mysticism is the direct experience of our divine nature through ecstatic practice. A defining quality of mystical experience is its ineffability—it transcends language. Yet, it is exactly this impossible alchemical task which mystical poetry seeks to achieve - to lead us to a mystical experience using words.
Mystical experiences can dissolve the ego, expand perception, nurture peace, and wake us up to our interconnectedness, leading to enhanced well-being, health, creativity, compassion, and a deeper sense of meaning and purpose.
oshan anand
oshan anand has been writing and reading poetry since childhood, and has been a lifelong student of diverse mystical traditions.
From 2009-2012 oshan hosted Open Heart Poetry, a weekly poetry night at his San Francisco teahouse, Om Shan Tea.
Later, while serving a 7½ year prison sentence for psychedelics, oshan designed this course on mystical poetry, which he taught to over 100 inmates.