It was on a Monday—on October 22, 2012—when the idea of holding an academic meeting on Raimon Panikkar in North America dawned on us. We were in a car, on our way to Siena for the CIRPIT Symposium that was to take place the following day at the University of Siena. Inspired and enchanted by the bucolic scenery of the Tuscan countryside, the initial idea was conceived.
