
Is enlightenment a destination? Or, is it a process. If it is a process, it can be thought of as a means for diminishing suffering. If it is a process, it can be the use of reason to release us from the shackles of myth and superstition. If it is a process, it is available.....

Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Scott Elrod declined opportunities to begin an academic career in psychiatry and began his practice in rural Montana. Since then, like the proverbial shaman in our imagining of an ancient tribe, he has lived on the side of a mountain; with the wilderness...