User:TrisDol

Professional archaeologist, doctorate in anthropology. Student of history (especially American and English), geography, religion, art history, and depth psychology. Interested in ancient and medieval studies, languages, and mythology. Sees connections among original Christianity, Gnosticism, neo-Platonism, Kabbala, Transcendentalism, Vedanta, Taoism, New Thought, and Jungian psychology. Lived in New York City, New Mexico, western Massachusetts. Traveled extensively in US and Canada, and to Mexico, Caribbean, and Europe, and eager to do more travel. Lived with Navajo people and deeply impressed with their culture as well as that of Southwestern Hispanics. Gardening, natural history (botany, geology, birds, and astronomy), and listening to music (opera, early, classical) occupy time. Appreciates maps, architecture, landscape history, trees, Northwest Coast and Southwestern Native American art, calligraphy, Egyptian art, Chinese ceramics, Impressionist paintings, dignified liturgies, (serious) esoteric studies. Fond of cats, dogs, and other animals. Progressive politics. Anglophile, Italianophile, reads French well, some knowledge of Spanish, Latin, and ancient Greek. A collector of books, antiques, and curiosities. Studied at Amherst College, University of Massachusetts, and Harvard University. Spent much time in museums. I am grateful for the many experiences that I have had in my personal and family life -- some sad, some disappointing, but most wonderful and all rewarding.