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Jason Kirkey

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Poetry, Nonfiction, Ecological Philosophy

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Jason Kirkey grew up in the North Atlantic watershed of Massachusetts in a small town north of Boston. At the age of twelve he began his long apprenticeship to the earth and soul. He moved to Boulder, Colorado where he attended Naropa University and in 2007 obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in “Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in Contemplative Psychology and Environmental Studies.” His thesis work focused on healing the human-nature relationship in the Irish druidic tradition, in preparation for which he took several trips to Ireland between 2004 and 2006, and studied for a semester in Dingle, Co. Kerry at the Díseart Institute of Education and Celtic Culture. Throughout his undergraduate career he was also heavily influenced and Jason Kirkey grew up in the North Atlantic watershed of Massachusetts in a small town north of Boston. At the age of twelve he began his long apprenticeship to the earth and soul. He moved to Boulder, Colorado where he attended Naropa University and in 2007 obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in “Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in Contemplative Psychology and Environmental Studies.” His thesis work focused on healing the human-nature relationship in the Irish druidic tradition, in preparation for which he took several trips to Ireland between 2004 and 2006, and studied for a semester in Dingle, Co. Kerry at the Díseart Institute of Education and Celtic Culture. Throughout his undergraduate career he was also heavily influenced and inspired by deep ecology, ecopsychology, Buddhism, and the Shambhala tradition of enlightened warriorship as taught by Chögyam Trungpa.

In November 2006 Jason formed Hiraeth Press as a vehicle for the publication of his poetry. He has since released three collections of poems, Portraits of Beauty (2006), Songs from a Wild Place (2007), and The Ballad of the Sea-Sweet Moon and Other Poems (2008). In 2008 the Press worked with the Ecos Systems Institute to put our Courting the Wild: Love Affairs with the Land to which Jason also contributed an essay.

In late 2008 Jason finished work on a manuscript tentatively titled Wild Earth, Wild Mind: The Ecology of Celtic Spirituality which deals with the themes of Irish mythology and the re-invention and integration of the human species into consonance with the living cosmos. It draws heavily on ecological studies, mythology and folklore, and the nondual mystical traditions.

Most recently Jason has moved to San Francisco to study at the California Institute of Integral Studies in the “Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness” program. He is in the early stages of writing a fourth collection of poems and is developing experiential programs in order to bring his work with Place, Nature, Soul, and Story to the public. ...more

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2010 Indepedent Publisher Book Awards

Just a quick note to let readers know that The Salmon in the Spring The Ecology of Celtic Spirituality was just announced today as a finalist in the Mind-Body-Spirit category of the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards. The final results will be announced by the 18th. Thanks to everyone for reading! Read more of this blog post »

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	Salmon in the Spring: The Ecology of Celtic Spirituality 4.45 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ballad of the Sea-Sweet Moon and Other Poems 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Estuaries by Jason Kirkey (Goodreads Author), James Liter (Photographer) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“There is a saying that 'the psychotic drowns in the waters that the mystic swims in.' The health and structural integrity of the ego means the difference between spiritual emergence, the unfolding of a transpersonal identity; and a spiritual emergency a crisis brought on by the same unfolding, during which the foundations of sanity can be shaken.”
― Jason Kirkey, Salmon in the Spring: The Ecology of Celtic Spirituality

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“The interior landscape responds to the character and subtlety of an exterior landscape; the shape of the individual mind is affected by land as it is by genes.”
― Jason Kirkey, Salmon in the Spring: The Ecology of Celtic Spirituality

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“When we repress our intrinsic and inherent connection with the Earth..... we cut ourselves off from the most vital depths of our humanity as well.”
― Jason Kirkey, Salmon in the Spring: The Ecology of Celtic Spirituality

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