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A Branch from the Lightning Tree: Ecstatic Myth and the Grace of Wildness
A Branch from the Lightning Tree Ecstatic Myth and the Grace of Wildness Author:Martin Shaw Martin Shaw's writing rattles the cages of souls. In A Branch from the Lightning Tree, Shaw creates links between the wildness in landscape and language, with myth being the bridge between the two. Shaw uses four great myths from Welsh, Norwegian, Siberian, and Russian territories that explore the process of leaving what is considered safe and p... more »redictable and journeying out into wild, uncertain areas of nature and the psyche. Shaw's work focuses on both men and women?s movement into wildness as part of the bigger awareness of climate change and ecology. It presents the old stories as keys into any debate on these issues, showing how the ability to think metaphorically and mythologically "re-enchants" our perspectives.« less