The Solace Of Fierce Landscapes by Belden C. Lane
Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality
A reflective exploration of how wild, dangerous environments — deserts, mountains, polar wastes and other “fierce” landscapes — shape religious experience, imagination, and longing; the book argues that encounters with elemental, untamed places expose vulnerability, silence the ego, and open pathways to consolation, creativity, and a deeper sense of the sacred. Drawing on literature, memoirs, and history, it examines how solitude, risk, and the immensity of nature provoke encounters with mortality, ethical responsibility, and spiritual transformation, suggesting that the harshness of the natural world can become a profound teacher and source of consolation.
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- 1998
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- American
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- Original Language
- English
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