Comments on: Being known by a birch tree

By: Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Priscilla Stuckey, PhD — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:36:38 +0000

Yes, David Abram is one of my heroes. Encountering his book many years ago set me down the road of recording and sharing my own experiences in relationship with other beings. His book was groundbreaking in making room in environmental philosophy for conversations about animism.

By: Pattie Logan

Pattie Logan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:27:00 +0000

Your relationship with the birch tree is very moving. Have you ever read “Spell of the Sensuous” by David Abram? He talks about how the natural world perceives us just as we perceive it. It spoke to what I had been unable to articulate about the way I feel when I’m in the natural world – in the company of other sentient beings.

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By: Bird

Bird — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:35:32 +0000

… oh, but *coughcough* I hope that didn’t sound like I think this stuff should not be looked and discussed. Quite the opposite, I believe our connections with the natural world and it’s inhabitants need to be something we can all feel comfortable with, marvel over, discuss and bring right out into the open. I am fascinated with the theme of your blog by the way, and I’m off to read some more.

By: Bird

Bird — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:25:16 +0000

The story of your birch tree friend is incredibly moving. The connections we can make with other living things are so powerful; I believe these connections are true mysteries and all the better for it. It’s enough to just to experience.

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In a Sacred Manner I am walking… « Thoughts of Mr J. — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:26:16 +0000

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By: Gail Storey

Gail Storey — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:13:00 +0000

Your story about the birch tree rings so true, in the deepest sense, that it brought to consciousness something that’s been growing within me. And if it’s true of the trees, what else?

By: Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Priscilla Stuckey, PhD — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:29:35 +0000

Thanks, GreatOwl and Pamir, for letting me know you connected. My academic research involves reflecting in a disciplined way on what experiences like this mean and how we can learn to talk about them. I think it is important not to remain silent, and I’m hoping that seeing someone like me–an academic who loves both the careful observations of science and the heart-lifting experiences of spirituality–talking about connecting with nature will give other people the courage to speak also. I deeply believe that addressing our ecological crisis (as well as our economic crisis–the two are related) will involve, in part, revolutionizing our view of nature–recognizing kinship and communal interdependence with all others sharing this world.

By: Pamir | Reiki Help Blog

Pamir | Reiki Help Blog — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:55:02 +0000

I’m so happy that there are others who experience such things & don’t remain silent about it. I’d be honored if you visited my blog & read The Sainthood of Sequoias. It’s the first post at the moment. Going to friend you on Twitter too.

By: GreatOwl

GreatOwl — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:49:05 +0000

Thank you for sharing this lovely piece of your life (and that of the birch friend). Very touching.

Blessings to you