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"""In the pages of Reclaiming the Wild Soul, the forests and mountains, the deserts and the oceans, the rivers and the grasslands find their voice. Once heard, we can never forget what they have to say. Nor do we want to. May we all follow the summons and embark on such a journey. Thompson's field guide illuminates the way."" -Clare Dakin, Founder, TreeSisters ""Woven with enchanting stories and wise counsel, Reclaiming the Wild Soul lavishly supports us, at this time of global crisis/opportunity, to return, emboldened, to Earth and to our own human wildness."" -Bill Plotkin, author of Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche and Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche Beyond the chaos and stresses of our modern age, there lies a forgotten yet primal terrain rich in wisdom, healing, and wholeness. In Reclaiming the Wild Soul, Mary Reynolds Thompson takes us on a journey into Earth's five great landscapes as aspects of our deeper, wilder selves. There, where the inner and outer worlds meet, we discover within our souls: the silence and simplicity of deserts the mystery of forests the flow of oceans and rivers the inspiration of mountains the regenerative spirit of grasslands Once awakened, these ""soulscapes"" reveal the beauty and magnificence of our own true nature-and a path of personal transformation aligned with the healing of the wild Earth. Reclaiming the Wild Soul is simultaneously self-help and a courageous call to action for our times."

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"""Reclaiming the Wild Soul touches on so much that makes us more deeply human. But even more, we are invited into a new way of being human. Mary Reynolds Thompson identifies the most powerful qualities of our Earth's great landscapes. She then magically guides us back into a nearly lost realm where we truly feel that our imagination, our inner lives, and our physical selves are an integral expression of the planet herself. To go to the Earth for guidance, we simultaneously go inward to our deeper self and outward to the Great Self of oceans, rivers, deserts, grasslands, mountains, and forests. It is here, as the author writes, 'we learn to live the questions, rather than rush the answers.' Reclaiming the Wild Soul reminds us that beyond the flurry and chaos of our cyber-age, there is a primary yet forgotten terrain where we may seek guidance, healing, and wisdom. In doing so, we retrieve our wilder, deeper selves. I read this book with a sense of gratitude. It is a beautiful, passionate, and trustworthy handbook for deeper transformation."" -Lauren de Boer, Executive Editor, EarthLight, a magazine of ecology, cosmology, and spirituality. ""Mary Reynolds Thompson's book works simple magic to bind our broken souls back into full-round rapport with the more-than-human terrain. And as the land restores our sanity, we're empowered to work with new clarity to replenish the many-voiced vitality of the animate earth."" -David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous ""Reclaiming the Wild Soul leads us on a journey of exploration, through imagery, poetry, story and creative imagination, to connect back to the five archetypal landscapes in Nature, and reconnect to our own inherent Nature."" -Angeles Arrien, author of The Four Fold Way ""Mary Reynolds Thompson has written a lyrical and potent field guide to reclaiming the wild soul. Her intimacy with Nature and her longing for the reader to experience such intimacy is the golden thread that weaves through every page. Imagine a world in which all women claimed the forests, mountains, oceans, and deserts within our own psyches. It would surely lead us all True North in our quest for personal and planetary wholeness. In Reclaiming the Wild Soul, the forests and mountains, the deserts and the oceans, the rivers and the grasslands find their voice. Once heard, we can never forget what they have to say. May we all follow the summons and embark on such a journey. Mary's field guide lights the way.""--Clare Dakin, Founder, TreeSisters ""With ingenuity and subtlety, Mary Reynolds Thompson guides us in ways both old and new to enter Earth's archetypal wildscapes and allow them to infuse us and make us whole again, fully human. Woven with enchanting stories and wise counsel, Reclaiming the Wild Soul lavishly supports us, at this time of global crisis/opportunity, to return, emboldened, to Earth and to our own human wildness."" -Bill Plotkin, author of Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche"

Reclaiming the Wild Soul touches on so much that makes us more deeply human. But even more, we are invited into a new way of being human. Mary Reynolds Thompson identifies the most powerful qualities of our Earth's great landscapes. She then magically guides us back into a nearly lost realm where we truly feel that our imagination, our inner lives, and our physical selves are an integral expression of the planet herself. To go to the Earth for guidance, we simultaneously go inward to our deeper self and outward to the Great Self of oceans, rivers, deserts, grasslands, mountains, and forests. It is here, as the author writes, 'we learn to live the questions, rather than rush the answers.' Reclaiming the Wild Soul reminds us that beyond the flurry and chaos of our cyber-age, there is a primary yet forgotten terrain where we may seek guidance, healing, and wisdom. In doing so, we retrieve our wilder, deeper selves. I read this book with a sense of gratitude. It is a beautiful, passionate, and trustworthy handbook for deeper transformation. -Lauren de Boer, Executive Editor, EarthLight, a magazine of ecology, cosmology, and spirituality. Mary Reynolds Thompson's book works simple magic to bind our broken souls back into full-round rapport with the more-than-human terrain. And as the land restores our sanity, we're empowered to work with new clarity to replenish the many-voiced vitality of the animate earth. -David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous Reclaiming the Wild Soul leads us on a journey of exploration, through imagery, poetry, story and creative imagination, to connect back to the five archetypal landscapes in Nature, and reconnect to our own inherent Nature. -Angeles Arrien, author of The Four Fold Way Mary Reynolds Thompson has written a lyrical and potent field guide to reclaiming the wild soul. Her intimacy with Nature and her longing for the reader to experience such intimacy is the golden thread that weaves through every page. Imagine a world in which all women claimed the forests, mountains, oceans, and deserts within our own psyches. It would surely lead us all True North in our quest for personal and planetary wholeness. In Reclaiming the Wild Soul, the forests and mountains, the deserts and the oceans, the rivers and the grasslands find their voice. Once heard, we can never forget what they have to say. May we all follow the summons and embark on such a journey. Mary's field guide lights the way. --Clare Dakin, Founder, TreeSisters With ingenuity and subtlety, Mary Reynolds Thompson guides us in ways both old and new to enter Earth's archetypal wildscapes and allow them to infuse us and make us whole again, fully human. Woven with enchanting stories and wise counsel, Reclaiming the Wild Soul lavishly supports us, at this time of global crisis/opportunity, to return, emboldened, to Earth and to our own human wildness. -Bill Plotkin, author of Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche

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MARY Reynolds Thompson Is a facilitator of poetry and journal therapy and life coach dedicated to bringing forth the Wild Soul Story. This new story is rooted in our oneness with nature and a vision of a world in which the wild landscapes of both Earth and soul can thrive. Her own connection to the sacred Earth has been key to her thirty-year recovery from alcoholism and grounds her in an understanding of how we can all awaken from the addictive trance of the modern world. She is also author of Embrace Your Inner Wild: 52 Reflections for an Eco-Centric World (White Cloud Press, 2011), as well as numerous essays on eco-spirituality. Core faculty for the Therapeutic Writing Institute and founder of Write the Damn Book, she conducts writing and eco-spirituality workshops and retreats throughout the world. Born and raised in London, England, today she lives in her beloved landscape of Marin County, California, with her husband, Bruce. www.maryreynoldsthompson.com Sophie Brudenell-Bruce is a painter and printmaker working and exhibiting in London and France. After twelve years as a garden designer, Sophie returned to full-time painting in 1992. The human figure remains central to her work, but exploration of other media, in particular printmaking, has given her the freedom to investigate the realms of controlled abstraction. She is married with four children. Sophie can be contacted through her website, www.sophiebb.com.

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