About

writer – anthropologist – linguist – peasant – mystic

A Human Being, fiercely and tenderly in love with Lady Earth, I am devoted to our human co-evolving bond with her, and endlessly exploring what it means to be human.

As an anthropologist, I lean into traditional cultures and grassroots wisdom. After ten years in an esoteric caste-denying Indian subculture, I left my academic PhD behind to go barefoot as an aspiring peasant in the spirit of regenerative farming. Perhaps this is ‘deep’ anthropology, experiential rather than theoretical, and in apprenticeship to Nature, the greatest teacher whose language our subtle bodies can understand better than our restless minds. 

Both west and east have made me a polyglot who takes words seriously, and delights in silence that nourishes my contemplative spirit. The west gave me an education but I credit my un-learning to the east. 

I live at the edge of a village in Southeast Asia, among tropical trees and paddy fields, and a large free-ranging menagerie.

You are warmly invited to join my Substack page for free at https://enna.substack.com, where you will find my musings on big and small Human topics, including as follow-ups to topics covered in the books. That is our shared space for discussions, questions, clarifications, and for your suggested topics.