And nothing negative was triggered for me, right? Whereas when the Shema is sung in temple, I picture all of my relatives who were saying the Shema as the gas came out of the showers. I was sitting in this church thinking about “best earthly companion,” which I would say is quite an atheist way of looking at marriage. That moment of text reminded me of Jane Eyre-in particular, Rochester saying, “Be my best earthly companion,” which is a line that I love a great deal from Jane Eyre.
She was preaching on the Song of Solomon, and she was preaching specifically on the piece of text that love is stronger than death. Vanessa: What happened? I had mono, so I had a fever, but my favorite professor was preaching really close to my dorm room, and so I was able to walk even with my fever. The first is why? Why then? Why do it? What does it mean to treat something as sacred? Vanessa also shares advice for how we can read any book as a sacred text.Įve: It was during your time at divinity school that you decided to try treating Jane Eyre as sacred. She explains how her spiritual education led her to find sacred engagement in her favorite secular books and how, particularly in the case of Jane Eyre, textual examination helped her navigate (but not forgive) problematic, contradictory, and racist narratives. In this episode, Vanessa talks with Eve and Julie about what on earth (or in heaven or hell) drew her to attend divinity school despite being a devout atheist. She is an atheist who produces podcasts about treating Harry Potter, Twilight, and romance novels as sacred texts, and she runs pilgrimages and walking tours that explore sacred reading and writing. Vanessa Zoltan, author of the recently published Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice, is not your usual chaplain. Each episode explores book-related topics you can’t stop thinking about-whether you know it yet or not. Co-hosted by Julie Sternberg and Eve Yohalem, Book Dreams releases new episodes every Thursday. Book Dreams is a podcast for everyone who loves books and misses English class.
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