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A Branch from the Lightning Tree
A Branch from the Lightning Tree: Ecstatic Myth and the Grace of Wildness | Martin Shaw
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A BRANCH FROM THE LIGHTNING TREE is centered around several key elements: 1. It features four texts and commentaries ? Welsh, Russian, Siberian and Norwegian myths that explore the process of leaving what is considered safe and predictable (…more)
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I consider this to be a brother to Clarissa Pinkola Estes' "Women Who Run With The Wolves". It's deep stuff and, on a first (if slow) read through, I feel I've barely touched beneath the surface. Definitely one for the re-read stack! His commentary is erudite and wise of soul (and there's an interesting epilogue on the relationship between the oral tradition and the written word) but he tells his tales with a twinkle in his eye.

ValerieAndBooks Stacking — really liked Women who run with the Wolves. 4y
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