Charles Fisher

Published: Jan. 14, 2014, 8 p.m.

Charlie Fisher was a professor of Sociology for 30 years. Among many subjects he taught environmental history and introduced his students to meditation practice in a course on the social psychology of consciousness. Several years ago he published a book on nature and meditation entitled, \u201cDismantling Discontent: Buddha\u2019s Way Through Darwin\u2019s World.\u201d See the website dismantlingdiscontent.com. Charlie is currently at work on a history of forest meditators since the time of the Buddha. The work is entitled: \u201cMeditation in the Wild: Recluses, Hermits and Forest Monks.\u201d Charlie has contributed for than a hundred book reviews to Amazon. He lives under redwood trees north of San Francisco where he writes, does natural history, meditates in nature, and occasionally teaches meditation.\n\nhttp://meditationinthewild.com/\n\nhttp://dismantlingdiscontent.com/