{"product_id":"sacred-earth-rising-within-the-making-of-a-spiritual-ecologist-in-a-creative-cosmos-9798992611809","title":"Sacred Earth Rising Within: The Making of a Spiritual Ecologist in a Creative Cosmos","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow does connection with nature help overcome early trauma in individuals and societies? What is the healing power of a life-giving cosmology (a comprehensive origins story) that brings us back to a sense of meaning and belonging to the universe? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part lyrical essay and poetry, Sacred Earth Rising Within carries a powerful message of hope for the human prospect. It begins with the author's early experiences as a minister's kid, and the life-changing impact of the kidnapping and attempted murder of his sister when they were just seven and eight years old. This early trauma thrust the author into a spiritual rupture and a subsequent journey back toward wholeness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author draws striking parallels between this personal trauma and the larger collective trauma of our culture's severance from the natural world. He extends this as well to the traumatic aspects of our lack of grounding in a larger unifying story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterweaving poetic landscape interludes with narrative non-fiction and poetry, the author presents a new hybrid genre that speaks to the heart, mind, and spirit of the human. The result offers a profoundly healing narrative for our time, one that is both personal and universal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDe Boer, K. Lauren:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - K. Lauren de Boer is an author, poet, and composer with a special interest in landscape and the human imagination. As Executive Editor of EarthLight magazine in the 1990s and 2000s, he played a pioneering role in fostering dialogue on the interconnected themes of ecology, spirituality, and cosmology. His essays and poetry on Earth, creativity, and spirit have appeared in a number of magazines and book anthologies. He has a published a Pocket Guide to Northern California Oaks, a collection of 95 poems, Where It Comes From, and has a new collection forthcoming in 2025, Feather Wonder, based on his love affair with birds. Some of his writing and piano compositions reside at terravitabooks.net (TerraVita Media) and his music videos can be found at his YouTube channel. He currently lives in the Viera Creek watershed of the Shasta Bioregion, Turtle Island.","brand":"Terravita Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51346542625042,"sku":"9798992611809","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85f61f10-6efe-4fe5-a7d0-464ac76c383c.jpg?v=1749048879","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sacred-earth-rising-within-the-making-of-a-spiritual-ecologist-in-a-creative-cosmos-9798992611809","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}