The new book by poet and author Rodger Kamenetz on how images can heal.

Release Date 11/4/2025

"With grace and poetic clarity, Rodger Kamenetz inspires us in Seeing into the Life of Things to use our imagination and our dreams--the great factory of personal imagery--to inhabit our world more fully and joyfully and gain access to other worlds that mystics, shamans, and creators have always wanted to visit. He reminds us that instead of trying to interpret dreams according to ego assumptions, we can use dreams to correct self-limiting ego agendas and interpret everyday life. The parts of the book that are memoir are terrific, from pausing to commune with a blue flower growing out of a New Orleans sidewalk to auditing a dialogue between rabbis and the Dalai Lama on how to tame 'afflictive emotions.' Kamenetz encourages us to turn to an 'inner board of directors' who may include departed teachers, available in dreams. He invites us to recognize, with Wordsworth, that depression (and a host of other problems) result from 'impaired imagination.' He offers a blessing way through which--by retraining memory and recruiting the inner sensorium--we bring more of soul into life. He makes me want to commit poetry every day." --Robert Moss, bestselling author of Conscious Dreaming and Dreaming the Soul Back Home

"This book is a harvest of living wisdom, a ripening of the garden Rodger Kamenetz has been cultivating for decades. Tenderly and with lucid insight, he walks us through the gates of poetry and dreams, of Jewish mysticism and Zen Buddhism, of science and art. Not only does Kamenetz celebrate the power of the imagination to open our souls, but the abundance of images he scoops up from his own life and offers to us with outstretched hands cannot help but transform our ordinary lives from a set of tasks to be accomplished into an ever-unfolding sacred encounter." --Mirabai Starr, author of God of Love and Ordinary Mysticism

Here are some events in November

TAKOMA PARK  PEOPLES BOOKS  

7014A Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912

Sunday November 16, 5pm ET.

Reserve seats: https://bit.ly/SeeingPeoplesBooks

BALTIMORE. IVY BOOKSHOP.  Tuesday November 18. 6pm ET

For free tickets: https://bit.ly/RKIvyBook

MIAMI BOOK FAIR.  Sunday November 23, 11am

https://www.miamibookfair.com/welcome-to-miami-book-fair/

​September 14 - 19, 2025

A Retreat for Women with Sheila Langston and Keren Vishny
at The Christine Center, Willard, WI

We invite you to an experience of soul time, to attend to the whispers of the depths. With the ancient myth of Demeter and Persephone as a guide, we will explore the cycles of abduction, transformation and return that each of us is called to endure.  How do we meet and make meaning of these descents and returns in our own lives?  As we connect to bone strength we expand our capacity to live in our wholeness, and to value these cycles.  Dreams, art and voice will support our embodied explorations as we move, express and play together in an environment of great natural beauty.

On-Going Through September 8th

The Natural Dreamwork Practitioners Training Program is designed for Indian participants seeking to deepen their understanding of dreams as a pathway to personal healing and transformation. This comprehensive program combines experiential learning, mentorship, and guided practice to help trainees develop the skills needed to work with clients. Rooted in a holistic and intuitive approach, the training emphasizes emotional presence, connection to feeling through imagery, and the embodied experience of dreams. Students emerge with the ability to facilitate meaningful dreamwork sessions, guiding others toward greater self-awareness and emotional insight.