Chapter Eleven - Leap Year - author H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Thomas Mann’s short story A Man and His Dog. In Leap Year the author goes through the final stages of haengja training before the kyoruk - the trial-by-fire for novice monks, coming next week. The bumper music is Blonde Redhead – Fake Can be Just as Good – Bipolar.

Chapter Twelve - Kyoruk - H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Dostoevsky’s House of the Dead, and, in Kyoruk, attends the final stage of indoctrination into the Chogye order of Buddhism in Korea - the trial-by-fire for novice monks. The bumper music is The Stooges – Fun House  – TV Eye.

Chapter Thirteen - Totem - H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Celine’s Death on the Installment Plan, and, in Totem, returns to Louisiana to tend to a dying father, is forced to choose between leaving him to the horrors of a difficult end, or leaving the Buddhist order. The bumper music is AFX – Analord 1 – Where’s Your Girlfriend?

Chapter Fourteen - Noe’mi - H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Tom Robbins’s Even Cowgirls Get the Blues before delving into Noe’mi. The end of Season Two - The Formal Aspect is rather poetic, a meltdown between the author and a French witch. The bumper music is Queen Adreena – Djin – Ruby.

Intermission - Interview with Tenkai - H. Grevemberg reads two short excerpts from Virginia Woolf’s A Room Of One’s Own before interviewing Tenkai, an old friend and dharma brother of Maezumi Roshi’s line. A lot of ground is covered that reflects back onThe Zen Revolution - worth your time. The bumper music is Peter Gabriel - Security - The Rhythm of the Heat.

Chapter Fifteen - The Open Field- H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Season Three - The Fall begins with a terse, poetic look at the author’s break from the institution. The bumper music is The Jesus and Mary Chain – The Power of Negative Thinking – Nineteen666.

Chapter Sixteen - Downtown - H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Henry Miller’sCosmological Eye - An Open Letter to Surrealists Everywhere. Chapter 16 - Downtowntakes the reader along for a day trip via the Los Angeles subway, a documentary framework that turns poetic, transcendental. The bumper music is Folk Implosion -Natural One - the “Kids” soundtrack.

Chapter Seventeen - The Press Forward - H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Hunter S. Thompson’s The Great Shark Hunt — an out-of-print collection of essays that covers a good span of the author’s work — this one from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Chapter 17 - The Press Forward is an argument against relationship developed from H. Grevemberg’s Giant essay — a heady look into the production of a saint. The bumper music is Black Sabbath - Volume Four - The Straightener.

Chapter Eighteen - Dead Season - H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Upton Sinclair’sThe Jungle, of the rare breed of novel that drives real change, political change. Chapter 18 - Dead Season, the final chapter of Season Three - The Fall, describes the final moments before the author’s return to practice. The bumper music is The Cranes -Jewel - Leave Her to Heaven.

Chapter Nineteen - Fire - H. Grevemberg reads an excerpt from Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi - an excerpt that reveals much about life. In Fire, the author returns to formal practice at the desert monastery after a fire nearly destroys it, and finds something extraordinary. The bumper music is the author’s own - Strong.