Radagast

“When the fraught name God comes up in conversation or reading, I always remind myself that whatever the source or language used, we are at root on common ground—invoking the graced, unnamable source of life, the sacredness that cradles and infuses all of creation, on earth and beyond.”
― Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit

“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.”)”
― Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit

“We enter as pilgrims, as wayfarers—knowing there is something we are seeking, something nameless, beautiful, waiting, wanting. Something that will change us so thoroughly that our cozy slippers will no longer fit, that our cat will, at first, hiss upon our return, our hair tinted green with lichen, sweet root tendrils among our toes.”
― Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit

“simple enjoyment of the beauty and wonder of nature is sometimes called “fascination attention.” It is the opposite of “directed attention,” which we employ when we are actively trying to hold our focus on a specific task or object, like when using the computer, attending meetings, or planning and strategizing.”
― Micah Mortali, Rewilding: Meditations, Practices, and Skills for Awakening in Nature