A Branch from the Lightning Tree by Shaw, Martin -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Praise Title Page Dedication Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction PART 1 - LEAVING THE VILLAGE, FINDING THE FOREST

CHAPTER 1 - NOMADS, PIRATES, BANDIT QUEENS

CAER IDRIS IS A BUSH OF GHOSTS INITIATION: THE THREE FOLD AWAKENING THE DANGER OF THE RETURN MYTH: A COLLISION OF RUPTURES WHAT IS WILD? SITTING WITH THE DEEP EARTH WAVES NOT CAUGHT WRESTLING DEATH A MYTHOGRAPHY OF THE CROSSROADS THE BIRTH OF TALIESIN: DISCIPLINE AS THE DANCE PARTNER OF WILDNESS SAVAGE MAGICIANS AND THE THIRST FOR POTION MORDA THE ABILITY TO CHANGE SHAPE WORDS WERE LIKE MAGIC

CHAPTER 2 - THE NORTHERN WITCH AND THE LUMINOUS BRIDE

SNOWDONIA: PREPARING TO FAST EMPTYING THE BAG THE UNCANNY FRESHNESS OF DISORIENTATION IVAN THE BEAR’S SON WHO IS IVAN? THE WILD AND HOLY MOMENT UNOWNED LIGHTNING SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF GIANTS YAGA AS HOLY TERROR, THE INITIATE’S GUIDE THROWING DOWN THE ANCHOR REFUSING THE CALL SNOWDONIA A CROW FLIES FROM YOUR CHEST THE MAIDEN OF THE FLOWERS THE SWITCHING OF THE GOBLETS THE THREE FALSE BROTHERS DESCENT WITHOUT BOUNDARIES WE COME BACK CHANGED SNOWDONIA

CHAPTER 3 - THE PASTORAL AND THE PROPHETIC

AFTER THE MOUNTAIN: FOUR YEARS IN THE BLACK TENT NOMADIC VOICES THE LAND IS A HUGE, DREAMING ANIMAL STAYING PUT ELDERS, BOUNDARIES, AND COMMUNITY COMMUNITY AND RECLAIMING TIME THE OLD BONES OF STORY THE CULTURE OF WILDNESS THE PASTORAL AND THE PROPHETIC RIVERS OF SILVER, LEAVES OF GOLD

CHAPTER 4 - GAMBLING WITH THE KNUCKLE-BONES OF WOLVES

THE SERPENT AND THE BEAR THE FATHERLESS TENT LEAVING THE MOTHER TO SAVE THE MOTHER THE RITUAL CUT OR A PERILOUS WOUND THE WAILERS, THE SHAMAN, AND THE LOVE OF HOPELESS CAUSES THE POT OF RESIN AND THE BODY OF MOSS AN ECOLOGY OF BONES WORLD TREES, HOLY TREES, SOUL TREES ARCHAIC BEINGS THE ALCHEMY OF SERPENTS CLEAN STEPS AND MUDDY CLAWS INFLATED ANGELS THE INNER KINGDOM BEAR MAGIC, KING MAGIC, FATHER MAGIC AWAKE, AWAKE! THE SHAGGY MAINED OTHER TEARS ON THE HEROES’ WINGTIPS

CHAPTER 5 - CROSSROADS, TEMPLES, AND WILD INTELLIGENCE

HATCHLINGS TO HAWKS SHRINKING VISTAS PROUD, OPEN-EYED, AND LAUGHING SKY WALKING AND THE RUPTURED MYSTIC CRAFTING A TEMPLE TRUST AND LARGESSE ROAD OF VOICE METAPHOR: GOLDEN BEARS LEAP FROM THE JAWS OF CHILDREN THE OLD GODS AREN’T FED BY STATISTICS ROAD OF SOLITUDE CROSSROADS TRICKSTER LANGUAGE HERO IS A GRIEF MAN THE ELDER FROM THE BEREFT

CHAPTER 6 - WOMAN THAT MOVES IN THE DARK GROVES OF SOUL

VALEMON AND THE WILD THIRD DAUGHTER QUESTING BEASTS THE DEAL BEYOND THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD THE CURLY LEAVES OF MEMORY THE FALSE BRIDES AND THE RITUAL QUESTION BEAR CATCHERS AND HAIR CUTTERS BLOCKING THE SPIRIT BEAR THE ANSWER FREELY GIVEN ANOTHER KIND OF ROYALTY THE RAISING OF THE CANDLE THE GIFTING OF THE WYRD ROAD PEBBLES DISGUISED AS APPLES IRON TIPS AND THE GNASHING QUEEN HAG POWER THE SOBBING THE LISTENER BY THE DOOR THE NEEDLE THE DANCE THEN THE MARRIAGE(S)

PART 2 - THE IMPOSSIBLE RETURN

CHAPTER 7 - DEER WOMAN AND THE VELVET ANTLERED MOON

RIDING AN ANIMAL POWER MOON COMES GLIDING HIDING THE GREAT THIEF THREE ENERGIES, A WILD BODY COLLAPSING IMAGINATION DEVOTIONS TO THE COURT OF LONGING

CHAPTER 8 - THE BIRTH OF OSSIAN

THE LEGACY OF ABSENCE THE OLD, WYLD HUNT THE LOVERS’ CHAMBER THE STRICKEN KINGDOM: LOVE AS TRICKSTER HOLY WANDERER THE CURRENCY OF LONGING, THE MALIGNANCY OF DISAPPOINTMENT

CHAPTER 9 - THE RED KING AND THE WITCH

UP THERE IN THE MYTH-WORLD HOARDING THE TREASURE, STARVING THE KINGDOM FAR OFF CHAMBERS THE GREAT REFUSALS TIME COMES GLIDING: THE RETURN

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