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

by Shaw, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781935952015
• ISBN10: 1935952013
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-21
• Publisher: White Cloud Press

Summary

A Branch from the Lightning Tree is a brilliant exploration of the relationship between myth, culture, and the wild both in landscape and language. Dr. Shaw's rich storytelling gifts are displayed as he presents seven texts and commentaries as diverse as Irish, Siberian, and Romanian Gypsy.

Author Biography

Martin Shaw is a mythologist, storyteller, and wilderness rites-of-passage guide based in Devonshire, England. Shaw gave up a lucrative music contract to pursue the study of myth while living for four years in a tent in the wilderness of Wales. An international teacher, he tours the United States and Canada annually and is visiting lecturer on Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Leadership program at Oxford University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. IX
Foreword	p. XIII
Introduction	p. XVII
Leaving the Village, Finding the Forest	p. 1
Nomads, Pirates, Bandit Queens	p. 3
The Northern Witch and the Luminous Bride	p. 23
The Pastoral and the Prophetic	p. 51
Gambling with the Knuckle-Bones of Wolves	p. 71
Crossroads, Temples, and Wild Intelligence	p. 105
Woman that Moves in the Dark Groves of Soul	p. 131
The Impossible Return	p. 163
Deer Woman and the Velvet Antlered Moon	p. 165
The Birth of Ossian	p. 179
The Red King and the Witch	p. 201
Epilogue	p. 215
Endnotes	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 231
About the Author	p. 236
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