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A groundbreaking anthology in celebration of the transformative power of wilderness.

This diverse collection of more than sixty inspiring essays, stories, poems, and interviews revolves around the central issue of how wilderness impacts us spiritually. With fresh vision, The Soul Unearthed explores personal transformation in wilderness through spirit of place, quests and rituals, the ways in which men and women connect with wildness, the defense and celebration of the earth, and extraordinary wilderness.

The contributors to this impressive collection—Robert Bly, John Seed, Roderick Nash, Joan Halifax, James Swan, Brenda Peterson, and Terry Tempest Williams, among many others—are pioneers in their fields. As nature poets and essayists, outdoor educators, ceremonialists, and advocates of deep ecology and ecopsychology, they have been instrumental in reshaping and revitalizing our collective relationship with nature.

This anthology is at once uplifting and grounded, joyful and honest. The tone is intimate and personal, but at the same time points to the transpersonal largeness of life into which nature invites us. For those who love all that is wild. The Soul Unearthed will be both enlightening and invigorating.

Cass Adams cofounded Men*s Wilderness Retreats, through which he has led ritual-based wilderness excursions for men in the mountains of Colorado and in the deserts of the Southwest. He has published essays about men's issues and wildness in The Men’s Council Journal and in The Green Man, a poem in the collection Life Prayers, and photographs in the anthology Wingspan: Inside the Men’s Movement.