The Western Gate: Tea and Conviviality at the Far-Edge of Day

Please join us for a community tea session featuring a wide array of Chinese teas, including oolong, red, and puerh. A separate pot of herbal tea will always be available for those who prefer to avoid caffeine.
These gatherings are designed to cultivate a contemplative atmosphere. Through the shared enjoyment of tea, we will create space to explore the imagination by offering poems, dreams, reflections, and other forms of creative expression.
Scott Traffas has spent decades exploring the various exoteric and esoteric traditions of the East and West. His abiding interest in the intersection of Yoga, Tantra, and Ayurveda deeply informs his approach to gongfu tea curation. Beyond the teas that are selected and their method of brewing, Scott is particularly interested in the qualities of becoming that constellate among friends, both old and new, around a tea table.
What will be discussed at this session...? Whitman's Leaves of Grass, The Experiment at La Chorrea, the sublime ethos of Judas Iscariot, the vagaries of hyperreality, PKD’s Dark-Haired Girl, the Alembic itself!?
..given time (and tea)...even eternity will reveal itself…
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