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Conversations with Nature

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'Once, we were one form among many in the garden. We learned to hear the voices of the mountains, the rivers, the sky, of silence. The mice spoke, the trees spoke, the stars spoke, the deer and the fox spoke, the snake spoke - and from these words we made being. These words formed great cities and their machines ever clamouring, and we let the silence slip and the words of the whispering world fall away beyond the mirror of our making.' (From the Prologue.) --- These eighteen meditations, amplified by Jerry Shearing's striking illustrations, offer luminous words enlivened with the weight of much listening. Through these 'conversations', Peter Owen Jones offers a pathway to reconnect with nature. Just a few sentences a day will provide sustenance for the soul.
PETER OWEN JONES spent his early years in the countryside before working as a farm labourer. He was ordained, becoming a parish priest in 1992. He has since written a handful of books and presented several award-winning television programmes. At the time of writing he still serves as a parish priest in Sussex, England.
Foreword by Martin Shaw - Prologue - The Khamsin Speaks of the Storm - The Windflower Speaks of Flux - The Fox Speaks of Exile - The Mayfly Speaks of Impermanence - The Mouse Speaks of Courage - The Olm speaks of Khthonios - The Bear Speaks of Carnage - The Robin Speaks of Death - The Heron Speaks of Sadness - The Daisy Speaks of Receiving - The Turtle Speaks of Communion - The Jasmine Flower Speaks of Enchantment - The Hawthorn Speaks of Aphrodisia - The Painted Lady Speaks of Reverie - The Starling Speaks of Dancing - The Oak Speaks of Sanctuary - The Moss Speaks of Intimacy - The Pond Speaks of Peace - Glossary
'I will carry this little book in my pocket... I will read the words on London buses and in Dartmoor woods. These across-species conversations are more than reverie, they are participation.' - Martin Shaw, author of Smoke Hole and Courting the Wild Twin
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