The Enchanted Life by Sharon Blackie

The Enchanted Life by Sharon Blackie

'Engaging and inspiring, Sharon Blackie's beautiful book will empower people to find wonder in everyday life' Clover Stroud The enchanted life has nothing to do with fantasy or escapism or magical thinking: it is founded on a vivid sense of belongingness to a rich and many-layered world. It is creative, intuitive, imaginative. It thrives on work that has heart and meaning. It loves wild things, but returns to an enchanted home and garden. It respects the instinctive knowledge and playfulness of children, and relishes story, poetry and art. Taking the inspiration and wisdom that can be derived from myth, fairy tales and folk culture, this book offers a set of practical and grounded tools for enchanting our lives and the places we live in, giving us a greater sense of meaning and of belonging to the world. An inspiring, beautifully written call to re-engage with the world - giving us the tools for profound and whole-hearted participation in the adventure of life.

'A new Sharon Blackie is always a cause for celebration' --Melissa Harrison, author of At Hawthorn Time | 'Engaging and inspiring, Sharon Blackie's beautiful book will empower people to find wonder in everyday life' --Clover Stroud, author of The Wild Other; 'Sharon Blackie weaves a rich tableau of what a life full of wonder and authentic connection might look like, supplying practical ways to approach ancient wisdom. Her book is a beautiful roadmap to purposeful change.' --Lynn Thomson, author of Birding with Yeats | Praise for If Women Rose Rooted: 'I love this book. Truly, it's mind-blowing in the most profound and exhilarating sense. This is an anthem for all we could be, an essential book for this, the most critical of recent times. I sincerely hope every woman who can read is given one, and has the time and the space to read it.' --Manda Scott, author of Boudica and Into the Fire; '[A] powerful and inspiring exploration of the female relationship with landscape.' --Melissa Harrison, author of Clay and At Hawthorn Time; 'A beautiful, intelligent and unusual book . . . I'm hoping this book will become the anthem of our generation.' --Kate Forsyth, author of Bitter Greens, The Wild Girl and The Beast's Garden; 'Destined to become a classic . . . Blackie does an admirable job of describing a beautiful, rich, intoxicating, messy, terrifying and ultimately illuminating pathway into the heart of the land and of our own souls.' --SageWoman Magazine; 'It was one of those rare times when I felt as if by some means of synchronicity, the right book reached me at exactly the right moment.' --Dreaming in Stitches; 'This book has the power to change lives, I truly believe that . . . A real game changer.' --The Way of the Buzzard

Dr Sharon Blackie is an award-winning author and a psychologist with a background in mythology and folklore. Her highly acclaimed books, lectures and teaching programmes are focused on reimagining women's stories, and on the relevance of myth and fairy tales to the personal, cultural and environmental issues we face today. She has written six books, which have been translated into several languages: The Long Delirious Burning Blue, If Women Rose Rooted, The Enchanted Life, Foxfire, Wolfskin and Other Stories of Shapeshifting Women, Hagitude and Wise Women. Sharon’s awards include the Society of Authors’ Roger Deakin Award and a Creative Scotland Writer’s Award. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Member of the UK Association of Jungian Analysts. She lives in Cumbria with her husband, dogs, hens and sheep. 

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ISBN 13	9781910463888
ISBN 10	1910463884
Title	The Enchanted Life
Author	Sharon Blackie
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	September Publishing
Year published	2018-02-27
Number of pages	320
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.