A River, a Hare, and the Wanting Monster: Notes on Rewilding the Soul and Ensouling the World

It is through communing with nature that we move closer to our own nature.

conceptualized. I could now ‘be with’ the wind as it traveled through the jungle, just as the trees did—simply swaying in its presence with nothing to do but be. Whenever sitting around a fire, I no longer just saw its flames; instead, I could ‘be with’ its essence, feeling its warmth wrap around me like an embrace, its flickering dance speaking a

The world can reach out for you, without thought or plan and, in reaching, reach into your depths. If you have ever sat quietly listening to the sound of the rain, you might have had the experience that after a while you can’t tell what is rain and what is you. It can be an intimate sound, as if the rain were falling through your chest. Sometimes i