This is an experimental course supported by an American Council of Learned Societies Contemplative Practices Fellowship. The course instructor is Marilyn Nelson, who designed and wrote the course with her colleague Kathy Shaughnessy Jambeck advised by Mary Mackley, Margaret Gibson, and Rev. Julia Gatta. The Web site was established and designed by David Salomon and Mel Nelson. The labyrinth at West Point was designed and laid out by Barbara Putnam.