{"product_id":"spiritual-stone-bothering-renatus-derbidge-9781036956349","title":"Spiritual Stone Bothering: An Intimate Guide to Scotland's Sacred Places","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpiritual Stone Bothering\u003c\/strong\u003e is a field companion for travellers who feel places as much as they visit them. It lingers where this book truly lingers: Iona's abbey, wells, and shore paths; the basalt cathedral of Staffa; Mull's circles and lone uprights; the Callanish stones on Lewis; Orkney's cairns and early Christian traces; Aberdeenshire's recumbent stone circles; the carved riches of Kilmartin Glen; Arran's Machrie Moor and Holy Isle; and a weave of East Lothian sites from old stones to St Baldred's haunts. There's also a short city pause-Edinburgh \u0026amp; Glasgow-to point you toward museum treasures that sharpen the eye before you head back out into weather and wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a checklist. It's a way of seeing. With a simple, practice-based (Goethean-tinged) approach, the book slows you down to notice rock and plant, tide and air-and how your inner weather answers back. Along the way, you'll meet Pictish symbol stones and watch their quiet metamorphosis from standing stone to cross (Class I-III), not as a lecture but as a living change in the landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you're packing for the islands or reading by the fire, \u003cstrong\u003eSpiritual Stone Bothering\u003c\/strong\u003e helps you listen for what the land is saying-and travel with care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRenatus Derbidge\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Scotland-based writer, guide, and Goethean natural scientist. He leads small journeys with Sacred Isles: Exploring the Mysteries in Stones, Wind, and Sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Renatus Derbidge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1036956342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781036956349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sacred Isles Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Renatus Derbidge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001555820799,"sku":"9781036956349","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spiritual-stone-bothering-renatus-derbidge-9781036956349","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}