A Branch from the Lightning Tree

A Branch from the Lightning Tree Ecstatic Myth and the Grace in Wildness

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Publisher's Synopsis

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 predictable 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781935952015
Publisher: White Cloud Press
Imprint: White Cloud Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 202.12
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 234
Weight: 408g
Height: 229mm
Width: 154mm
Spine width: 17mm