S2 #15 / Gordon MacLellan on Sacred Animals

Today we welcome Gordon MacLellan to the Spirit Box to discuss
his book Sacred Animals He is a writer, storyteller, animist
pagan and environmentalist who has recognised that to really
involve people with a renewed interest in, and commitment to, the
world around us we may need more than traditional stories or
religious parables and moral fables. The stories that grow from
direct experience are powerful ways of building connections,
building a sense of belonging and when we pare away the
green-washing, the jargon, the endless blurbs, a lot of
environmental urgency and anxiety just now can come down to
connection: to renewing (or refreshing) that sense of really
being part of the world. This connection forms a deeper purpose,
one of rewilding the soul. His book Sacred Animals is not always
animals to see or touch or run away from, but animals to see with
the eyes of your mind, to encounter in the other ways. Animals to
wonder over in the Otherworld and in this, the physical, world.
The heart of this book is a spiritual adventure into contact and
friendship with the animal world. It draws on ancient knowledge,
surviving traditions, memories of other customs and the simple
imagination that helps fill in the gaps. In the Plus show we
discuss rewilding the soul. We discuss the human - nature divide
and Gordon treats us to one of his wonderful Kelpie stories. Show
notes: Ordering books:
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