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Enchantment: Wonder in Modern Life

@inenchantment

A new book by Patrick Curry, writer on Tolkien, divination and ecology.

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linkhttps://www.florisbooks.co.uk/book/Patrick-Curry/Enchantment/9781782506096 calendar_today08-10-2019 10:52:17

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I found the #book thought-provoking while at the same time relishing its #clarity and accessibility - it can be so hard to talk about this subject without delving in to all kinds of abstract or arcane language - and in the end, #uplifting..." #Enchantment #PatrickCurry

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"...for I felt it opened a way in for people who might be suspicious of the #philosophical and #religious sides of this #experience.' - Professor John Burnside, St. Andrews University #Enchantment #PatrickCurry #EnchantmentWonderinModernLife

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"...Curry shows how #glamour is a fabricated, false, fake version of #enchantment. His demonstration is extremely #convincing. Reading him, one feels like opening one's eyes wider.' Ginette Paris, author of 'The #Wisdom of the Psyche' #PatrickCurry #Enchantment #Reviews #newbook

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‘After reading any of your pieces life seems more worth living, and for that I am especially grateful.’ - Zygmunt Bauman, author of Liquid Modernity #BookReview #Enchantment #EnchantmentWonderinModernlife #PatrickCurry #Goodreads #newbooks #Wonder

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1) "There are many and rich experiences of enchantment in, and as, the natural world and its countless avatars. Its sweet benediction shines through even the deeply-ingrained New England laconism of this report, for example, by a Mr E.O. Grant:"... #Enchantment #PatrickCurry

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2) "Saw farmer near Patten, sitting on a snowdrift about fifteen feet high, surrounded by a hundred redpolls. Birds perched on the farmer’s head and shoulders. One sat on knee. Farmer told Grant that he had enjoyed the previous half hour more than any other period in his life".."

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3) Such experiences are at once quietly common and overlooked. They are even suppressed, sometimes for surprisingly misguided reasons. #Enchantment #PatrickCurry #Wonder #EnchantmentWonderinModernLife #Nature #Magic

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'Only #creative work, communion with #nature and #helping others are #anxiety-free.' (Cyril Connolly) #enchantment #enchantmentwonderinmodernlife #cyrilconnolly

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'#Humanity does not pass through phases as a train passes through stations: being alive, it [is] always moving yet never leaving anything behind. Whatever we have been, in some sort we still are.' (C.S. Lewis) #Enchantment #PatrickCurry

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WELCOME to Day 1 of #swindonspringfest2020 We are starting our #authorconversations with Dr Patrick Curry, author of Enchantment at 12.30pm. Here's the link to watch youtu.be/CDIi36LlA3Q Enchantment: Wonder in Modern Life Lower Shaw Farm Swindon Advertiser bigbookweekend #swindon #virtualfestival

WELCOME to Day 1 of #swindonspringfest2020
We are starting our #authorconversations with Dr Patrick Curry, author of Enchantment at 12.30pm. 
Here's the link to watch youtu.be/CDIi36LlA3Q
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I should be up for a talk about Enchantment (by @inenchantment) at @SwinSpringFest online. But I'm distracted by the dandelion seeds floating past the window. festivalchronicle.com/2020/05/08/enc…

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Patrick in the The Irish Times today! “Is Covid-19 #lockdown our chance to regain a sense of #wonder?” irishtimes.com/culture/is-cov… #Enchantment #EnchantmentWonderInModernLife #PatrickCurry #IrishTimes

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Delighted to see this The TLS review for "Enchantment" (Enchantment: Wonder in Modern Life) by Patrick Curry - "Patrick Curry’s study is insightful about uncovenanted blessings that bring delight." View the full review online here - bit.ly/36O5q9r. Find out more - bit.ly/2ZWa3wx.

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“Fetishising information,” he says, “is deeply disenchanting. Almost everyone is distracted, almost all of the time. Enchantment rarely happens if you are not present for it.” - irishtimes.com/culture/is-cov…

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We have just hit 900 signatories to our Statement of Commitment to #Ecocentrism. These people come from 73 countries in all (below). You can read and sign the statement now, if you have not already, to help us get to 1000: ecologicalcitizen.net/statement-of-e… Dr. Helen Kopnina helenkopnina.bsky.social John Piccolo Bron Taylor

We have just hit 900 signatories to our Statement of Commitment to #Ecocentrism. These people come from 73 countries in all (below). You can read and sign the statement now, if you have not already, to help us get to 1000: ecologicalcitizen.net/statement-of-e… <a href="/hkopnina/">Dr. Helen Kopnina helenkopnina.bsky.social</a> <a href="/jjpiccolo/">John Piccolo</a> <a href="/BronTaylor/">Bron Taylor</a>