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And now we have a dose of nature fetishization. Nature is beautiful and spiritual and is also where humans die in droves and not because they have forgotten how to live in communion, but because communion is not nature's way.

"Victor Turner, the anthropologist, has recovered in recent decades the almost forgotten concept of ritual space."

Really? He "recovered" the "almost forgotten" concept? Bly wrote this book in 1990. Last I checked, churches were still a thing at that point.

"It is odd how few strong swords the taxpayers bring forward against these outrages, or against the savings and loan greediness, or against the presidential campaigners’ refusal to debate the issues." Gee, so glad we got past those problems...right?

"It is through the radiance of great witches, Baba Yaga, Kali, and Durga, that the Russians and the Hindus see a woman's violence, her strength, her openness to death, her longing to conquer death."