Resources

Resources on Council, Wilderness Rites of Passage, Four Shields:

What is a Wilderness Rite of Passage (by John Davis)
Wilderness Vision Questing and The Four Shields of Human Nature, by Stephen Foster and Meredith Little, founders of School of Lost Borders
The Practice of Council (From Ojai Foundation, posted on Wilderness Guides Council)
The Four Shields Model

Earthy Poets, Writers, and Creatives We Adore:

David Whyte
Mary Oliver
Michael Meade’s Living Myth Podcast
On Being with Krista Tippet Podcast
Kai Siedenburg, Poems of Earth and Spirit
Andy Goldsworthy – Nature Artist
Rainer Maria Rilke
James Hollis
Gary Snyder

Related Organizations & Networks We Adore:

Joanna Macy and The Work That Reconnects
EarthWays
School of Lost Borders
Ariana Candell and The Earthbody Institute
Bill Plotkin & Animas Valley Institute
Craig Chalquist, Emmanence Journal, and WorldRede
Holos Institute
Emergence Magazine (Coming Earth Day 2018)

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“If we surrendered
to earth’s intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees.” -Rumi

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