Sparrow Hart loves what is most wild in the natural world and in the deeper landscape of the human heart. He is a keeper of myth, dream, and story, and in this collection of essays he shares observations and reflections that open us to the interconnected mysteries and miracles of the wilderness.
Gary Snyder writes that a shaman ‘speaks for wild animals, the spirits of plants, mountains, and watersheds… They sing through him.’ If a shaman is the healer who sings, then Sparrow Hart is a true shaman. Through these heart-opening essays we discover a profound listener to unspoken stories, a man of immense spirit, a singer with a wild and perceptive heart.