Nature of Magic: An Anthropology of Consciousness

Greenwood (U. of Sussex, UK) offers an anthropological study of magic and consciousness conducted through an examination of nature spiritualities, that is religions concerned with developing intense personal relationships with nature. She emphasizes how practitioners overcome the notion that nature is everything but humans in order to relate with nature as a living and inspirited cosmos. Among her topics are the wild hunt, learning to be indigenous, and nature in the city. Distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR