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Explores the variety of humans' sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories culled from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Mayan, Himalayan, Buddhist, and Chinese shamanic traditions. This book includes tales of house cats who teach monks how to meditate, shamans who shape-shift into jaguars, and rivers that grant salvation.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Into Muir’s Forest
1. All the Christian Birds Chanted
2. The Donkey Who Communed with Allah
3. Hindu Trees Tremble with Ecstasy
4. Sharing Mayan Natural Souls
5. Friendly Yetis
6. Enlightened Buddhist Stones
Epilogue: The Mountain Peaks Leaped and Danced
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Learning Love from a Tiger

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 19/04/2016
      ISBN13: 9780520290426, 978-0520290426
      ISBN10: 0520290429
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      Applied ecology Animals and society Comparative religion

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the variety of humans' sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories culled from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Mayan, Himalayan, Buddhist, and Chinese shamanic traditions. This book includes tales of house cats who teach monks how to meditate, shamans who shape-shift into jaguars, and rivers that grant salvation.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations
      Introduction: Into Muir’s Forest
      1. All the Christian Birds Chanted
      2. The Donkey Who Communed with Allah
      3. Hindu Trees Tremble with Ecstasy
      4. Sharing Mayan Natural Souls
      5. Friendly Yetis
      6. Enlightened Buddhist Stones
      Epilogue: The Mountain Peaks Leaped and Danced
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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