Small Misty Mountain: The Awanadjo Almanack (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781888889451)

A collection of natural and unnatural events devoted to breaking down the wall of hostility between us andCreation.

Certain places make us more vulnerable to the Holy. This is a real phenomenon, not some romantic notiona spiritual resource as full and as valuable as any other "natural resource." Approached with devotion, these places have the power to heal and to reveal.

"Awanadjo" is Algonkian for "small, misty mountain," referring to Blue Hill Mountain in Blue Hill, Maine; but it can just as well describe your mountain or any sacred place that has the power to transform and impart the sense of being at home in Nature.

Following in the long tradition of natural theology from Lao-tse to St. Francis, John Scotus Erigena, Newton, Darwin, Thoreau, Rachel Carson, Wendell Berry, and Annie Dillard, this volume gathers decades of Rob McCall's meticulous observation and buoyant commentary about a mountain and its surroundings. Woodcut illustrations.

Author: Rob McCall
ISBN-10: 1888889454
ISBN-13: 9781888889451
Publisher: Pushcart Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 261
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.44h x 6.34w x 0.93d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/04/2006 pg. 53
Booklist 10/15/2006 pg. 12