Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit

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This inspiring meditation, "a path to the place where science and spirit meet" (Robin Wall Kimmerer), is a brilliant invitation to deepen our connection to the natural world. In Rooted, cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures across the world have proclaimed over millennia: life on this planet is radically interconnected. Our bodies, thoughts, minds, and spirits are affected by the whole of nature, and they affect this whole in return.

In this time of crisis, Lyanda Lynn Haupt's highly personal new book examines how we can best live upon our imperiled, beloved earth. The award-winning writer invokes rootedness as a way of being in concert with the wilderness—and wildness—that sustains humans and all of life. Haupt writes with urgency and grace, reminding us that at the crossroads of science, nature, and spirit we find true hope.

Each chapter provides tools for bringing our unique gifts to the fore and transforming our sense of belonging within the magic and wonder of the natural world. In the tradition of Rachel Carson, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Mary Oliver, Haupt encourages us to live with the earth in both simple and profound ways—from walking barefoot in the woods and reimagining our relationship with animals and trees, to examining the very language we use to describe and think about nature.

This highly personal book is a brilliant invitation to live with the earth in both simple and profound ways. Haupt's writing invokes rootedness as a way of being in concert with the wilderness—and wildness—that sustains humans and all of life. At the crossroads of science, nature, and spirit, we find true hope. Each chapter provides tools for bringing our unique gifts to the fore and transforming our sense of belonging within the magic and wonder of the natural world.

In this time of crisis, Lyanda Lynn Haupt's new book is a powerful call to action. The award-winning writer reminds us that life on this planet is radically interconnected, and that our bodies, thoughts, minds, and spirits are profoundly affected by the whole of nature. Invoking the tradition of Rachel Carson, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Mary Oliver, Haupt writes with urgency and grace, offering a path to the place where science and spirit meet.

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