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Release Date:  December 20, 2018 Publisher:  Anansi Audio Format:  Audio Length:  11 hours 13 minutes Narrator:  Fiona Reid Genre:  Religion/Sprituality, Animism Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  Enchantment. By Dr. Sharon Blackie’s definition, a vivid sense of belongingness to a rich and many-layered world, a profound and whole-hearted participation in the adventure of life. Enchantment is a natural, spontaneous human tendency - one we possess as children, but lose, through social and cultural pressures, as we grow older. It is an attitude of mind which can be cultivated: the enchanted life is possible for anyone. It is intuitive, embraces wonder, and fully engages the mythic imagination - but it is also deeply embodied in ecology, grounded in place and community. Taking as her starting point the inspiration and wisdom that can be derived from myth, fairytales, and folk culture, Dr. Sharon Blackie offers a set of practi...

Release Date:  October 17, 2017 Publisher:  Tantor Audio Format:  Audio Length:  13 hours 29 minutes Narrator:  Heather Wilds Genre:  Myths, spirituality, Buy:   Audible  |  Paperback Synopsis:  This is the second edition of a uniquely empowering, international word-of-mouth best seller about wild landscapes, female mythology, and the challenges facing modern women. It is a book for any woman who has ever lost her way and who sees a wasteland at the heart of modern existence and longs to live a more authentic, rooted life once again. Review: Women have been relegated to secondary roles, pushed aside and taught that they don't matter as much as men.  However, it didn't used to be that way.  Look back at the myths and tribal stories of old where women and the matriarchy ruled.  When women's voices mattered and were tasked with keeping the land fertile and the water clear.  The modern world has drained wome...