The Wise Earth Speaks to Your Spirit: 52 Ways to Find Your Soul Voice Through Journal Writing [Paperback]

Janell Moon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2002

A heartfelt combination of spiritual discovery, environmental observations, and journal writing, The Wise Earth Speaks to Your Spirit offers readers a 52-week cycle of themed essays and related questions about the natural world. Entries on night and sky and parakeets, wind and mud and rain, snakes and tea and thistle, among others. In addition to folklore, myths, stories, and symbols connected to each theme, Janell Moon includes inspirational quotes from well-known writers - among them E. B. White, Ursula K. LeGuin, Gertrude Stein, and Mother Theresa - and shares her original poetry and personal experiences with the natural world. As she writes in the introduction, "It is my wish that through the telling of these stories, and the deepening of your own connections through your writing, that you will better enjoy a rainbow or a tree with angel's wings in a storm." "In this era of mechanization and cultural disintegration, Moon calls us back to our source, our strength, our refuge: the earth from which we draw our very existence. From the strands of myth, folklore, symbolism, and her own personal stories, she weaves 52 essays that carry us through a year's worth of inspired journaling. She proves, beyond a doubt, that we can go home again, that we can reconnect with earth's sacredness, and that the journey is well worth the effort." - Mari Messer, workshop presenter and author of Pencil Dancing: New Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit

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About the Author

Janell Moon is a practicing hypnotherapist, writing teacher, poet, and author of Stirring the Waters (Journey Editions, 2001). She has also written four books of poetry including The Mouth of Home (Arctos Press, 2000).

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Red Wheel (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590030141
• ISBN-13: 978-1590030141
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #419,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful companion for the journey!, June 20, 2003

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Maggie Oman Shannon (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Janell Moon has written a wonderful guidebook for both the creative and spiritual journey. "The Wise Earth" is full of thought-provoking prompts for creative expression and spiritual reflection, conveniently formatted in 52 short chapters that readers can dip into weekly throughout the year. Full of wonderful quotations, anecdotes and exercises, "The Wise Earth" harvests the wisdom found within our internal worlds--and reminds us anew of the beauty found in our external world.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Expected more., April 30, 2002

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This review is from: The Wise Earth Speaks to Your Spirit: 52 Ways to Find Your Soul Voice Through Journal Writing (Paperback)

I was expecting more depth from a book like this. Instead we have some simple meditations and exercises that don't quite resonate with my need for deep ecological connection with the earth. I'm still reading, but what I've read so far hasn't gotten me any closer to where I want to be or hasn't taken me anywhere new.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and inspiring!, April 18, 2003

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P. Cull (Emeryville, CA) - See all my reviews

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I am enjoying reading the Wise Earth Speaks To Your Spirit and find that the exercises give the depth and structure I need to explore my spiritual life in a new way. It's a great book!