The Wayfinders - Wade Davis

This year's CBC Massey Lectures were given by cultural anthropologist Wade Davis.  His theme, "The Wayinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World", is a complelling look at the importance of traditional wisdom and an affirmation of the world's ancient traditional cultures.  He draws his title from the incredible skill and knowledge used by the ancient Polynesian "Wayfinders" as they sailed thousands of miles on the open ocean from island to island.

Wade, a Canadian, is the "Explorer in Residence" at the National Geographic Society.  His earlier work includes "The Serpent and the Rainbow" which some may recall from a movie made of it in the eighties.  He spends much of his time in Northwestern BC and is familiar with the various First Nation communities we lived amongst there.

The Massey Lectures will be broadcast on CBC Ideas this week beginning tonight at 9pm.   Details and schedule here...  "The Wayfinders"

I'm well into the book that has been made from the lectures and am finding it very intersting.   I hope you can find a way to listen to even one or two of the lectures.  They are worthwhile.

Be well...  Rob; in Vancouver

“Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind, a watershed of thought, an ecosystem of spiritual possibilities.” Wade Davis