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Becoming Animal

An Earthly Cosmology

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By: David Abram
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As the climate veers toward catastrophe, the innumerable losses cascading through the biosphere make vividly evident the need for a metamorphosis in our relation to the living land. For too long we've inured ourselves to the wild intelligence of our muscled flesh, taking our primary truths from technologies that hold the living world at a distance. This audiobook subverts that distance, drawing listeners ever deeper into their animal senses in order to explore, from within, the elemental kinship between the body and the breathing Earth.

The shapeshifting of ravens, the erotic nature of gravity, the eloquence of thunder, the pleasures of being edible: all have their place in Abram's investigation. He shows that from the awakened perspective of the human animal, awareness (or mind) is not an exclusive possession of our species but a lucid quality of the biosphere itself - a quality in which we, along with the oaks and the spiders, steadily participate.

With the audacity of its vision and the luminosity of its prose, Becoming Animal sets a new benchmark for the human appraisal of our place in the whole.

©2010 David Abram (P)2017 Tantor Anthropology Astronomy & Space Science Cosmology Ecology Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Philosophy Science Inspiring Thought-Provoking
Poetic Language • Philosophical Insights • Passionate Narration • Vivid Descriptions • Transformative Perspective
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I read his 1st book years ago and thought it a very fine read but this one far surpasses even that. I think it's an important book for our time, and has critical role to play in our current navigations of proper direction for the world.

Amazing Must Read

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Wonderfully written from deep personal experience. Extensive vocabulary enriches precise meaning and richness. Reinvigorates the readers’ wonder and introduces mystery to be lived

A book for adults

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I feel like it would be a hard read, but it was an amazing listen

I felt this book

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Outstanding! Each page is a step through time and life! Enjoyable insightful, mind bending and a life.

A Step

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I love the narration and poetic philosophy of this incredible author. He beautifully weaves the themes of nature, spirit, indigenous wisdom and humans' inextricable role as animals on this incredible planet. Highly recommended!

Authentic Earth Magic 🌎🌟🐾

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This vivid text is enlivened by the author’s reading. Written history versus oral history is in fact one of the main topics covered, so it is appropriate to experience it this way.

Press your forehead into the bark of centuries-old trees

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I loved this and so much resonates with me. This also helped explain a lot of things I went through as a kid. Good to know it had meaning!

Amazing!

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I love the message, the presentation, and the challenges present in this book. It has life-changing potential.

Simply Stunning

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Such a soothing balm on my soul. I’ve listened to this audio book many time through, and each time the words stir and remind a deep knowing within me.

Poetry in motion

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This one is a long listen, Ivut well worth the time. Really made me think about a different way of looking at and thinking about things, which I feel I already do. This book just deepened that feeling.
Highly recommend this one.

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