The Gathering Place: A Winter Pilgrimage Through Changing Times
Autor Mary Colwellen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 sep 2024
'Deeply poetic.' CAROLINE LUCAS MP
'A masterpiece of storytelling.' NICK MAYHEW-SMITH
'Mary Colwell is a candle of open-minded curiosity.' PATRICK LAURIE
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Mary Colwell makes a solo pilgrimage along the Camino Francés winding through forests, mountains, farmland, industrial sprawls and places of worship.
Pilgrims have always walked in times of upheaval, pitching themselves against weather, hunger, thirst and sometimes pain as they tread the paths their ancestors once followed. In the winter of 2020, author, nature campaigner and veteran solo walker Mary Colwell walked a 500-mile pilgrimage along the Camino Francés in northern Spain.
In a typical year, many thousands of people walk this route, but Mary had it virtually to herself at a unique historical moment - a time of profound political change, escalating climate and biodiversity emergencies and global pandemic.
The modern world weaves in and out of the Camino's worn trackway, providing a focus for contemplation and a place for memories and experiences to gather. In her delightful book, Mary weaves experiences from her solo winter pilgrimage with stories from a walk millions have undertaken over the centuries. Her thoughtful and, at times, humorous journey of body and soul includes moments of intense spirituality, meetings with a demon slayer, strange goings-on and magical tales, and Mary's exquisite descriptions of the constant backdrop of nature in all its complexity and wonder.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781399400565
ISBN-10: 1399400568
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Wildlife
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1399400568
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Wildlife
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Prologue
Chapter 1 - Wooden Staffs and Mountains
Chapter 2 - Moors and Myths
Chapter 3 - Witches and Forests
Chapter 4 - To The Stars
Chapter 5 - The Kindness of Strangers
Chapter 6 - Wine and Wonder
Chapter 7 - War and Peace
Chapter 8 - The Unravelling Road
Chapter 9 - Stones and Snow
Chapter 10 - Ultreïa
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
References and Further Reading
Index
Chapter 1 - Wooden Staffs and Mountains
Chapter 2 - Moors and Myths
Chapter 3 - Witches and Forests
Chapter 4 - To The Stars
Chapter 5 - The Kindness of Strangers
Chapter 6 - Wine and Wonder
Chapter 7 - War and Peace
Chapter 8 - The Unravelling Road
Chapter 9 - Stones and Snow
Chapter 10 - Ultreïa
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
References and Further Reading
Index
Recenzii
A compelling storyteller, Colwell's 500-mile pilgrimage is rich with memories, myths and associations from the past. In this deeply poetic journey into an inner and an outer landscape, the natural world is often her only companion, powerfully evoked and brilliantly observed.
The Gathering Place is a beautiful thing: like a warm crystal, full of light, reflecting and refracting and celebrating everything both inside and outside the book.
In The Gathering Place, Mary Colwell is a candle of open-minded curiosity, and she reminds us that while clear answers are hard to come by, we should never stop asking questions.
The Gathering Place is sheer literary alchemy; Colwell's words are mica-spangled and penetrating.
An unforgettable story of heroes and villains, kindness and horror, holiness and wickedness, miracles, bizarre legends, lost souls, and eventually, solace in a troubled world. Not to be missed.
A rich tapestry full of myth, wisdom and humility, accompanied always by evocative musings on the natural world, enveloped in hope and sprinkled with humour.
Mary Colwell brings an inspiring sense of openness, courage, humility and loving curiosity to her daily encounters with the natural and human worlds.
This is a masterpiece of storytelling about a journey that will move hearts and minds alike.
Beautifully written.
The Gathering Place is much more than a travel book down a well-trodden path. It is a brutally honest examination of why we are as we are, and just how important the cultural landmarks of our lives have become in a world of anxiety and change. Brave, tough and surprisingly funny, this is a witness statement from one of the UK's great campaigners.
Amazing.
An enjoyable account of a popular pilgrimage in unusual circumstances.
The Gathering Place is a beautiful thing: like a warm crystal, full of light, reflecting and refracting and celebrating everything both inside and outside the book.
In The Gathering Place, Mary Colwell is a candle of open-minded curiosity, and she reminds us that while clear answers are hard to come by, we should never stop asking questions.
The Gathering Place is sheer literary alchemy; Colwell's words are mica-spangled and penetrating.
An unforgettable story of heroes and villains, kindness and horror, holiness and wickedness, miracles, bizarre legends, lost souls, and eventually, solace in a troubled world. Not to be missed.
A rich tapestry full of myth, wisdom and humility, accompanied always by evocative musings on the natural world, enveloped in hope and sprinkled with humour.
Mary Colwell brings an inspiring sense of openness, courage, humility and loving curiosity to her daily encounters with the natural and human worlds.
This is a masterpiece of storytelling about a journey that will move hearts and minds alike.
Beautifully written.
The Gathering Place is much more than a travel book down a well-trodden path. It is a brutally honest examination of why we are as we are, and just how important the cultural landmarks of our lives have become in a world of anxiety and change. Brave, tough and surprisingly funny, this is a witness statement from one of the UK's great campaigners.
Amazing.
An enjoyable account of a popular pilgrimage in unusual circumstances.
Caracteristici
Similar to the BBC 2 series Pilgrimage, Gathering Places considers pilgrimages from a multi-faith perspective, viewing them as a way of gathering people and sharing thoughts and ideas to promote and encourage tolerance for all faiths and cultures
Notă biografică
Mary Colwell is an author, producer and campaigner for nature. She has written for The Guardian, BBC Wildlife, The Tablet, Country Life and many other publications. She has made TV and radio documentaries for the BBC Natural History Unit and has published three books: John Muir - The Scotsman Who Saved America's Wild Places, Curlew Moon and Beak, Tooth and Claw. Mary has won a Sony Radio Academy Gold Award, the David Bellamy Award for her conservation work on curlews, the WWT Marsh Award for Conservation, the BTO Dilys Breese Medal for outstanding science communication and, in 2022, she was awarded the prestigious RSPB Medal. In 2020, she set up the charity Curlew Action. Mary also spearheaded the successful campaign to introduce a GCSE in Natural History in England from 2025.