Eat My Dust, Martin Luther

by Jeffrey Baker

In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the door of the Castle Church of Wittenburg. Now philosopher-raconteur Jeffrey Baker has done the great Protestant reformer one better, offering up ninety-six essays on the nature of the soul and sharing his own musings on the existentially elephantine question “Why are we here?” Baker’s candid, witty perspective ranges nimbly over topics and personages as diverse as karma, politics, organized religion, transcendental consciousness, the perils and pitfalls of piano moving, traffic laws, Lady Gaga, Leonard Bernstein, Sri Chinmoy, and Emily Dickinson, not to mention relationships ranging from the interpersonal to the intergalactic. Along the way, he recounts his own adventures and misadventures as a composer, musician, traveler, spiritual disciple, son, lover, friend, and American teenager in the age of Woodstock. Occasionally pungent, frequently hilarious, and consistently thought-provoking, Baker’s essays will crack you up while they crack open the windows of your soul.

418 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 17, 2011