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Your Inner Zoo: A Guide to the Meaning of Animals and the Insights They Offer Us
What might we learn about our own human natures from the friskiness of a young goat, the focus of a hawk, the transformation of a butterfly, or the hibernation of a bear?
How can animals—through their natural and cultural histories—offer us ideas that could help us better understand ourselves, navigate a relationship, or change an aspect of our lives? Do the animals that we admire or fear reveal something about us? What about the animals who appear in our dreams, visions, and creative inspirations? These are some of the questions addressed in Belinda Recio’s new book, Your Inner A Guide to the Meaning of Animals and the Insights They Offer Us.
Part animal symbolism dictionary, part field guide, and part meditation on how animals help us to understand ourselves and the world, Recio wrote Your Inner Zoo to help readers develop a “zoology of the self”—a sense of how animals live within us as ideas and insights, intuitions, and instincts.
Interweaving natural history and with animal symbolism, metaphors, folktales, and traditions, Your Inner Zoo invites readers to approach animals as sources of wisdom, perspectives, and provocative ideas that can lead to self-discovery and a deeper connection with the more-than-human world.
Illustrated throughout with original color artwork by the author and stunning photography, Your Inner Zoo helps readers to recognize how much animals have contributed to the way we see ourselves and the world.
How can animals—through their natural and cultural histories—offer us ideas that could help us better understand ourselves, navigate a relationship, or change an aspect of our lives? Do the animals that we admire or fear reveal something about us? What about the animals who appear in our dreams, visions, and creative inspirations? These are some of the questions addressed in Belinda Recio’s new book, Your Inner A Guide to the Meaning of Animals and the Insights They Offer Us.
Part animal symbolism dictionary, part field guide, and part meditation on how animals help us to understand ourselves and the world, Recio wrote Your Inner Zoo to help readers develop a “zoology of the self”—a sense of how animals live within us as ideas and insights, intuitions, and instincts.
Interweaving natural history and with animal symbolism, metaphors, folktales, and traditions, Your Inner Zoo invites readers to approach animals as sources of wisdom, perspectives, and provocative ideas that can lead to self-discovery and a deeper connection with the more-than-human world.
Illustrated throughout with original color artwork by the author and stunning photography, Your Inner Zoo helps readers to recognize how much animals have contributed to the way we see ourselves and the world.
- GenresNature
408 pages, Hardcover
Published January 11, 2022
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About the author
Belinda Recio
20 books23 followersBelinda Recio is a recipient of the Humane Society’s Award for Innovation in the Study of Animals and Society, and a contributing editor for Organic Spa Magazine, where she writes the “State of the Ark” column on animals. She has developed science curricula for educational television, museums, and publishers; and has authored books on a variety of subjects, ranging from animals and nature to sacred arts and symbolism. You can keep up with her reporting on animal behavior on her blog, Animal Hearts and Minds: http://www.animalheartsandminds.com
In addition to writing about animals, Belinda runs True North Gallery, where she exhibits art that connects people with animals and nature: https://truenorthgallery.net
In addition to writing about animals, Belinda runs True North Gallery, where she exhibits art that connects people with animals and nature: https://truenorthgallery.net
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December 8, 2023
Captured spirit and essence
She has an excellent way of capturing the essence and spirit of each animal. Very uplifting. I almost feel as if I can walk in their, paws, now after reading.
She has an excellent way of capturing the essence and spirit of each animal. Very uplifting. I almost feel as if I can walk in their, paws, now after reading.
January 5, 2024
Good read, Finished in only a few days. Few of the animals were very interesting and kept tabs on a few pages others, didn’t catch my interest as much. But otherwise super good!
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