Re-Enchanting the Forest by William Ayot
A compelling exploration of the lost yet crucial role of ritual in our increasingly secular lives. Today, in the West, we hold neither adequate rites of passage for our youth, nor initiations for our growing number of elders. We have neither healing rituals for the loss of an unborn child, nor ways to mark the severing of a twenty-year relationship. This can leave us feeling alienated and bereft. Re-enchanting the Forest is written for that part in us that yearns for living ritual, that seeks to bring an embodied sense of solace and belonging back into our modern lives. Drawing on his own experience, and on the ritual cultures of the indigenous world, William Ayot demonstrates the value and power of ritual to revive and 're-wire' our sometimes confused and disconnected spirits. With a foreword by Mark Rylance.
"William Ayot is an explorerThis marvellous book is a testament to his expeditions into the unknown." Mark Rylance
William Ayot was born in rural Hertfordshire. Having worked in London's casino industry, he underwent a personal transformation, rejoining the world as a poet, teacher and ritualist. He has worked in rehab, prisons, and men's groups, led rites of passage and taught in board rooms and business schools around the world. Writing includes the play Bengal Lancer and three collections of poetry including The Inheritance and E-mail from the Soul, which won the People's Book Prize. William is a member of the Welsh Academy, and an FRSA. He lives in a restored Monmouthshire gentry-house with his wife, psychotherapist Juliet Grayson.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908363145 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908363142 |
| Title | Re-Enchanting the Forest |
| Author | William Ayot |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Year published | 2015-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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