Enlightenment Town. Jeffery Paine

Combines adventure travel and offbeat characters with compelling insights into the nature of contemporary spirituality The author is known for making Eastern culture and spirituality vividly accessible to Western audiences in books such as Father India , Re-enchantment , and Adventures with the Buddha The coauthor of Huston Smith’s memoir Tales of Wonder , Paine has also written for publications including the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , and New Republic