Jean-Claude van ItallieinShantigar PressGerm Theory vs Host Theory adapted by Jean-Claude van Itallie from Darin Olien’s online articleIn our culture, the dominant health myth, started by 19th Century French biologist Louis Pasteur, is that bad “germs” enter our bodies to…Nov 6, 20171Nov 6, 20171
Jean-Claude van ItallieSaving Life on EarthDaily watching the news, I ask: what can I do? Anything effective? Heather Heyer, the young peace warrior murdered by a brutish White…Aug 15, 2017Aug 15, 2017
Jean-Claude van ItallieinShantigar PressOn Sam Shepard and our revolutionary 60’s Downtown theaterI was asked to write this by American Theater Magazine. You can see the article here…Aug 9, 2017Aug 9, 2017
Jean-Claude van ItallieTO SHED OLD SKINS —At midnight a few nights ago I was reading Arundhati Roy’s exquisite and politically profound new novel, “The Ministry of Utmost…Jul 14, 2017Jul 14, 2017
Jean-Claude van ItallieinShantigar PressSpiritual Techniques — If we agree that we routinely see the world through habitual filters and…We need a practice or practices, a Spiritual Technique or Techniques to help clear our already perfect minds — yes, perfect — of obstacles…Jun 24, 2017Jun 24, 2017
Jean-Claude van ItallieinShantigar PressShantigar is proud to welcome Philadelphia Poet Laureate, Yolanda Wisher“There’s a certain way that our language dis-empowers us every day. It disguises the agents of destruction or violence, and poetry can…May 30, 2017May 30, 2017
Jean-Claude van ItallieinShantigar PressMy Way on the Camino de Santiago de Compostelaby Shantigar teacher Tony AllicinoMay 6, 2017May 6, 2017
Jean-Claude van ItallieShantigar’s 49-Day Meditation ChallengeShantigar’s 49-Day Meditation Challenge is designed to put spring(!) in your creative and social action steps by combining an effective…Mar 14, 2017Mar 14, 2017
Jean-Claude van ItallieinShantigar PressJames Baldwin: “I am not your negro. I’m a man.”Saw in NYC today I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, a moving film with narration by the late aristocratic deep thinker James Baldwin. He and film-maker…Mar 6, 2017Mar 6, 2017
Jean-Claude van ItallieinShantigar PressSeeing devils and demons clearly for who they are, unmasking them, is the first step toward freeing…It’s not politically correct to mention physical appearance and the way people dress and move, but we theater folk notice that sort of…Mar 4, 2017Mar 4, 2017