For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year near the base of Mount Brandon, one of Ireland' s holy mountains. In his presentation, he will lead us on an imaginary trek up the mountain -- and into the mists of Celtic myth and early Irish Christianity. He will take us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish -- for a few exhilarating centuries -- forged a fusion of knowledge and mystery that has special relevance for us today.
Chet Raymo recently retired as a professor of physics and astronomy at Stonehill College. He is the author of a dozen books on science and nature, and three novels. For twenty years he was a weekly science/nature columnist for the Boston Globe.
The event will be held at First Parish Church in Norwell and is free and open to the public.
Sunday, May 2, 2004
7 p.m.
Books by Chet Raymo:
The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe by Chet Raymo
Skeptics and True Believers by Chet Raymo
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE STARRY NIGHTS : AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY FOR EVERY NIGHT OF THE YEAR by Chet Raymo
Natural Prayers by Chet Raymo
An Intimate Look at the Night Sky by Chet Raymo
Dork of Cork by Chet Raymo
Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage by Chet Raymo, Michael McCurdy (Illustrator)
In the Falcon's Claw: A Novel of the Year 1000 by Chet Raymo
365 Starry Nights by Chet Raymo
Written in Stone: A Geological and Natural History of the Northeastern United States by Chet Raymo, Maureen E. Raymo
The Virgin and the Mousetrap: Essays in Search of the Soul of Science by Chet Raymo
Geologic and Topographic Profile of United States Along Interstate Eighty by Chet Raymo
Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God by Chet Raymo
The Crust of Our Earth: An Armchair Traveler's Guide to the New Geology by Chet Raymo
Chuck Kraemer at Large: Chet Raymo
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Originally broadcast October 31, 2002
Between the village of North Easton, Massachusetts, and Stonehill College a mile to the east, is a stretch of forest and fields, designed partly by Frederick Law Olmstead, and still preserved today, and walked, almost EVERY day for the last 38 years, by a certain scientist and storyteller by the name of Chet Raymo.
Chuck Kraemer would like you to know him, if you don't already.
The Fogg Lecture Series and Buttonwood Books will host a lecture and book signing event for author Chet Raymo' s new book Climbing Brandon: Science and Faith On Ireland' s Holy Mountain on Sunday, May 2, 2004 at 7 p.m.