“There is a place where the human enters dream and myth, and becomes a part of it, or maybe it is the other way around when the story grows from the body and spirit of humankind. In any case, we are a story, each of us, a bundle of stories, some as false as phantom islands but believed in nevertheless. Some might be true.” WayHumansStoriesDreamBodyMightSpiritGrowsCasesMythBeing TrueIslandsHumankindNeverthelessPhantomsTrue StoryBundles Author:Linda Hogan
“There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.” WayEnoughStoriesSpeakNatureNaturalPayAttentionEnvironmentLandAwarenessQuietGardenPatiencePatientPay AttentionNature And EnvironmentNature BeautyInspirational NatureNature And BeautyThe Wild NatureNature's BeautyInspiring NatureBeing NaturalChildren And NatureTime And Patience Author:Linda Hogan
“Between earth and earth's atmosphere, the amount of water remains constant; there is never a drop more, never a drop less. This is a story of circular infinity, of a planet birthing itself.” StoriesEarthWaterPlanetsAmountRainRiversRemainsConstantEnvironmentalAtmosphereInfinityRivers And WaterBirthing Book:Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World Source: Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World
“A woman once described a friend of hers as being such a keen listener that even the trees leaned toward her, as if they were speaking their innermost secrets into her listening ears. Over the years I’ve envisioned that woman’s silence, a hearing full and open enough that the world told her its stories. The green leaves turned toward her, whispering tales of soft breezes and the murmurs of leaf against leaf.” IfsWorldYearsEnoughStoriesSecretSilenceTreeListeningEarsGreenHearingTalesListenersLeafsBreezeWhisperingGreen LeavesListening Ear Book:Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World Source: Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World
“A spoken story is larger than one unheard, unsaid. In nearly all creation accounts, words or songs are how the world was created, the animals sung into existence.” WorldStoriesSongAnimalExistenceCreationAccountsStorytellingUnheardUnsaid Author:Linda Hogan