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Becoming Nature: Learning the Language of Wild Animals and Plants
A step-by-step guide to animal communication, connecting with your primal mind, and immersing yourself in Nature
• Includes exercises for learning how to become invisible within Nature, sense hidden animals, and communicate with wild animals and birds
• Explains how to approach wild animals and form friendships with them
• Details the intuitive awareness of our hunter-gatherer ancestors and their innate oneness with Nature
Animals and plants are in constant communication with the world around them. To join the conversation, we need only to connect with our primal mind and recognize that we, too, are Nature. Once in this state, we can communicate with animals as effortlessly as talking with friends. The songs of birds and the calls of animals start to make sense. We begin to see the reasons for their actions and discover that we can feel what they feel. We can sense the hidden animals around us, then get close enough to look into their eyes and touch them. Immersed in Nature, we are no longer intruders, but fellow beings moving in symphony with the Dance of Life.
In this guide to becoming one with Nature, Tamarack Song provides step-by-step instructions for reawakening the innate sensory and intuitive abilities that our hunter-gatherer ancestors relied upon--abilities imprinted in our DNA yet long forgotten. Through exercises and experiential stories, the author guides us to immerse ourselves in Nature at the deepest levels of perception, which allows us to sense the surrounding world and the living beings in it as extensions of our own awareness. He details how to open our minds and hearts to listen and communicate in the wordless language of wild animals and plants. He explains how to hone our imagining skill so we can transform into the animal we are seeking, along with becoming invisible by entering the silence of Nature. He shows how to approach a wild animal on her own terms, which erases her fear and shyness.
Allowing us to feel the blind yearning of a vixen Fox in heat and the terror of a Squirrel fleeing a Pine Marten, the practices in this book strip away everything that separates us from the animals. They enable us to restore our kinship with the natural world, strengthen our spiritual relationships with the animals who share our planet, and discover the true essence of the wild within us.
• Includes exercises for learning how to become invisible within Nature, sense hidden animals, and communicate with wild animals and birds
• Explains how to approach wild animals and form friendships with them
• Details the intuitive awareness of our hunter-gatherer ancestors and their innate oneness with Nature
Animals and plants are in constant communication with the world around them. To join the conversation, we need only to connect with our primal mind and recognize that we, too, are Nature. Once in this state, we can communicate with animals as effortlessly as talking with friends. The songs of birds and the calls of animals start to make sense. We begin to see the reasons for their actions and discover that we can feel what they feel. We can sense the hidden animals around us, then get close enough to look into their eyes and touch them. Immersed in Nature, we are no longer intruders, but fellow beings moving in symphony with the Dance of Life.
In this guide to becoming one with Nature, Tamarack Song provides step-by-step instructions for reawakening the innate sensory and intuitive abilities that our hunter-gatherer ancestors relied upon--abilities imprinted in our DNA yet long forgotten. Through exercises and experiential stories, the author guides us to immerse ourselves in Nature at the deepest levels of perception, which allows us to sense the surrounding world and the living beings in it as extensions of our own awareness. He details how to open our minds and hearts to listen and communicate in the wordless language of wild animals and plants. He explains how to hone our imagining skill so we can transform into the animal we are seeking, along with becoming invisible by entering the silence of Nature. He shows how to approach a wild animal on her own terms, which erases her fear and shyness.
Allowing us to feel the blind yearning of a vixen Fox in heat and the terror of a Squirrel fleeing a Pine Marten, the practices in this book strip away everything that separates us from the animals. They enable us to restore our kinship with the natural world, strengthen our spiritual relationships with the animals who share our planet, and discover the true essence of the wild within us.
304 pages, Paperback
First published March 17, 2016
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About the author
Tamarack Song
30 books14 followersTamarack Song has spent his life studying the world's aboriginal peoples, apprenticing to elders, and learning traditional hunter-gatherer survival skills. He has spent years alone in the woods as well as living with a pack of Wolves. In 1987 he founded the Teaching Drum Outdoor School in the wilderness of northern Wisconsin. He is the author of several books, including Entering the Mind of the Tracker.
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December 12, 2016
This is not a book on "A step-by-step guide to animal communication, connecting with your primal mind, and immersing yourself in Nature" as stated in the heading. Instead, it's a book on how to walk quietly through the woods. Big deal. I could have gotten that in dozens of other places. You will not learn to communicate with animals from this book. Too bad; that's why I purchased this disappointment in the first place.
It is beautifully written, but lacking in it's ability to teach you anything about communicating with nature. The book cover states "Learning the language of wild animals and plants". Great, but what does that mean. His chapter on birds says you should watch and listen to birds to see what their body language and songs mean. WOW! I really needed his book to tell me that. Another chapter spends all its time explaining how to row a boat quietly. WOW! Another huge nugget of info I couldn't have gotten off the Internet.
I really thought this guy had exercises that would literally help me understand animal speech. That was not the case. And, even though he claims to talk to rocks and plants, he never tell what they say or how he does it.
It is beautifully written, but lacking in it's ability to teach you anything about communicating with nature. The book cover states "Learning the language of wild animals and plants". Great, but what does that mean. His chapter on birds says you should watch and listen to birds to see what their body language and songs mean. WOW! I really needed his book to tell me that. Another chapter spends all its time explaining how to row a boat quietly. WOW! Another huge nugget of info I couldn't have gotten off the Internet.
I really thought this guy had exercises that would literally help me understand animal speech. That was not the case. And, even though he claims to talk to rocks and plants, he never tell what they say or how he does it.
July 29, 2018
When I first began reading this book I was a bit skeptical, but once I reached chapter three I found it enticing! My favourite chapters were definitely three to six.
This book really made me realize how we are already apart of nature -we are only detached from it. We do not need to learn the vocal calls of animals to understand them. After all, 93% of human communication is considered to be nonverbal. With other animals it appears that this number is even higher.
Earth is an interrelated web of life that we are a part of. When we recognize how our movements, sounds, and intentions impact others then we see how we can commune with nature. For example, if we walk at a brisk pace this creates noise and portrays danger to an animal.
I feel as though this is a book I will return to often for reference.
This book really made me realize how we are already apart of nature -we are only detached from it. We do not need to learn the vocal calls of animals to understand them. After all, 93% of human communication is considered to be nonverbal. With other animals it appears that this number is even higher.
Earth is an interrelated web of life that we are a part of. When we recognize how our movements, sounds, and intentions impact others then we see how we can commune with nature. For example, if we walk at a brisk pace this creates noise and portrays danger to an animal.
I feel as though this is a book I will return to often for reference.
November 1, 2020
Some worthwhile nuggets, but the dude’s a wingnut.
August 28, 2016
I received this book from the Inner Traditions company by mail. At first I thought it was a manual or field guide to survival, but it turned out to be more than that. Becoming Nature is a 12 step guide on how to literally become Nature. It was written by Tamarack Song, who has spent his life learning survival skills, hunting and gathering, and studied aboriginal peoples. I was completely drawn in as soon as I opened the book. It does sound a bit cliche when you first think of the concept. We hear it all the time about becoming one with Nature, but Tamarack shares with you the secrets of melding and merging with the forest. You will be able to find you Animal Mind to experience a change in yourself. He teaches one of the most important lessons, I believe, that everyone should learn: Know Thyself. It is one of the key points to bring yourself closer to the beauty that is Nature. In this book you will learn how to speak with animals, step through the forest without detection, read the silence, and attune your senses to bring you into Nature. Tamarack also speaks on media. I have felt for a while a drastic change in the way the world is focused on these trends we see on social media and the news. He says that it has made us passive receptors and I couldn't agree more. Peppered throughout the book are stories Tamarack shares about his own experiences to help you understand what can happen as you study. In the back of the book there are separate lists; one of them a list of stories that are in the book. This is the first time I've seen anything like it and I think it's actually quiet clever. To me, you don't really need context of the chapter to go and enjoy the stories themselves. If you feel you've lost touch or want to introduce yourself to the glory of Nature, I highly recommend getting caught up in this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I look forward to seeing more work from Tamarack Song.
June 19, 2016
this is a new-agey thinking, but really is an interesting read especially if you have a desire to interact with nature and not leave any footprints.
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