Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
A Note on the Text x
Forward xi
1. The Call of the Wild 1
2. The Stereotype of the "Unnatural" Jew 9
3. Do I have to Believe in God? 15
4. Finding God in Nature 20
5. A Map of the Heart 43
6. The Mindful Hiker: Learning to Listen 55
7. Yearning and Gratitude: Opening the Heart to God 73
8. Seeing the Sacred: The Way of Blessing Part I 85
9. Filling the World with Holiness: The Way of Blessing Part II 94
10. Heart-song in the Heart-land: Jewish Prayer in Wilderness 101
11. With Your Whole Self: Living in Your Body 117
12. Four Winds, Seven Directions 134
13. Teshuvah: the Wild Heart of Repentance 151
14. Putting it All Together: Wilderness Retreat 166
15. A Wild Faith 172
Appendix 1: But Rabbi, Is This Jewish? 176
Appendix 2: But Rabbi, Should I Talk to Trees? 181
Appendix 3: The Nature of Jewish Study 188
Appendix 4: Traditional Nature Blessings
Notes 200
Resources 211
Index to Practices 219