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Synopsis
In Scatterlings Martin Shaw walks the myth-lines of seven stories based in and around his homeland of Dartmoor, England. Rather than the commentaries on such tales being primarily balanced against other literary sources, Shaw uses what actually occurs on these walks as the main source of information on the tales. The swoop of raven, the swamp, the thinking that moves through him, all form a knot of relationship between the land and the story. As he walks he tells the story of the place back to itself.
This is a highly unusual move for a mythologist, an aspiration to use speech as form of animistic relationship, of binding, of praise to a place. In a time of rapid migrations and climatic movement, Shaw asks: how could we be not just from a place but of a place? When did we trade shelter for comfort? what was the cost of that trade? What are the stories the west tells itself in private?
Scatterlings also takes us on a wonder through the wild edges of British culture, a story of secret histories: from the ancient storytelling of the bardic schools to medieval dream poetry, from the cunning man to animal call words, to Arabian and steppe Iranian influence on English dialect. Through its astonishing journey, Shaw reveals to us that when you gaze deep enough into the local you find the nomad, and when you look deep enough into the nomad you find the local. Scatterlings is a rebel keen, a rising up, to bend your head to the stories and place that claim you.
This is a highly unusual move for a mythologist, an aspiration to use speech as form of animistic relationship, of binding, of praise to a place. In a time of rapid migrations and climatic movement, Shaw asks: how could we be not just from a place but of a place? When did we trade shelter for comfort? what was the cost of that trade? What are the stories the west tells itself in private?
Scatterlings also takes us on a wonder through the wild edges of British culture, a story of secret histories: from the ancient storytelling of the bardic schools to medieval dream poetry, from the cunning man to animal call words, to Arabian and steppe Iranian influence on English dialect. Through its astonishing journey, Shaw reveals to us that when you gaze deep enough into the local you find the nomad, and when you look deep enough into the nomad you find the local. Scatterlings is a rebel keen, a rising up, to bend your head to the stories and place that claim you.
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About the Author
Dr. Martin Shaw is a mythologist, author and storyteller. He is director of the Westcountry School of Myth in the United Kingdom, and has designed and led both the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University. A fellow at Schumacher College, he was visiting lecturer on the Strategic Leadership program and Desmond Tutu African Leadership program at Templeton College, Oxford. He is the author of Branch from the Lightning Tree and Snowy Tower. He lives in Devonshire, UK. David Abram is a cultural ecologist, philosopher, and spiritual teacher whose work has had a deepening influence on the environmental movement in North America and abroad. He is the author of the acclaimed works The Spell of the Sensuous and Becoming Animal. He lives in Taos, NM.
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Scatterlings
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White Cloud Press, Ashland, Oregon, 2016
ISBN 10: 1940468507
ISBN 13: 9781940468501
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Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First printing with the full number line. Softcover book in fine condition with very little shelf wear on the covers. Small crease along the fore-edge of the back cover, about 1 inch from the bottom corner. Otherwise the book is clean tight and unmarked. This is the third book in the Mythteller Trilogy. Seller Inventory # ABE-1759586668537