{"product_id":"the-well-at-the-deserts-tony-bowland-9781739827113","title":"The Well at the Desert's Heart","description":"\u003cem\u003eWhat breaks when the heart is broken?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot the heart, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnly the thin shell I wrote my name on, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnly the house that stood for years shaking.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Well at the Desert's Heart - Verses of Healing \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a trove of insights in verses of remarkable beauty and perception that emerge through the depths of grief and heights of love into a wider appreciation of life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlone, wraithlike, I walk through this landscape, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith the ghost of a child for company.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eI follow him, walking in his footsteps, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe is leading me back, back to the place, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere my soul first woke to the world's beauty, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen the limitless sky and I were one.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the soul's moments of deep anguish and grief, finding a way through the greatest losses while processing difficult emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpeechless by the sea in the early dawn, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWatching the buzzard climb the spiralled air, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eI can't reach you my love with my tired words, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo I build with my prayer a bridge of light.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Bowland's evocative descriptions of being out in the fenland landscape of Cambridgeshire, meditative and reflective words act as a healing balm finding a wholeness in the natural world - \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI seek the quiet places by the river\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd I stand still for hours in the clearing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eTill I know my self as the quiet place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd the clearing for the indwelling light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEncouraging us to examine our sense of identity, and advising 'To this moment surrender your story', this collection promotes integration on an individual and collective level, a rejection of othering, and a deeper connection to ourselves, to one another, to nature and to God. Drawing on Sufi mysticism and informed by an anti-war stance, it presents a healing vision of oneness, and conveys the essential message in our polarised world that 'No 'identity' needs to self-defend'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eListen, who we are is mysterious, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethere is no 'you and I', no 'us and them'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Bowland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1739827112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781739827113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lote Tree Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Tony Bowland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992755405055,"sku":"9781739827113","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3a23a0a-77f3-45aa-9eba-2b2d0e490bb0.jpg?v=1683320607","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-well-at-the-deserts-tony-bowland-9781739827113","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}