8 Constructing the Art Center: Communal Project as Ascetic Practice

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: What Is Neot Smadar? 1
5. 1 A Search for Religious Experience 12
6. 2 Washing Dishes 30
7. 3 The Oasis of Neot Smadar: An Overview 45
8. 4 A School for Self-Inquiry 64
9. 5 The School after the Death of Yossef 82
10. 6 The Art of Listening 104
11. 7 Everyday Mysticism 121
12. 8 Constructing the Art Center: Communal Project as Ascetic Practice 141
13. 9 At Work in Neot Smadar: Making Wine, Milking Goats, Learning the Lesson of the Bolt 157
14. 10 The Extended Family: Sociality in Neot Smadar 186
15. 11 A Wedding Gift for Dani 206
16. Conclusion: Looking Forward 219
17. Notes 223
18. Bibliography 241
19. Index 251