The Book of Enchanted Living, offers rituals, intentions and affirmations that will enable you to commune with nature so that you can connect to both its wildness and its tenderness. By aligning with the rhythms of the natural world, you will learn to reconnect to the enchantment deep within you to live an authentic life filled with meaning and possibility. In fact, it’s time to let go of disenchanted thinking and embrace enchanted living.
In a world full of demands and obligations, it is easy to get stuck in the same tiring routines – but what if instead we chose to embrace a life full of joy and enchantment? Nature offers the perfect antidote for weary souls. Carving out time to truly experience and engage with the wonder and beauty of the world around us can help ease our minds, soothe our spirits, and leave us feeling elated.
This book is a beautiful exploration of our unique and magical relationship with nature.
From the author
The idea for this book came to me a few years ago as I walked through an enchanted beech and oak wood. I felt entranced and inspired by the magic of the trees and blessed by the ancient, mystical and yet earthly wildscape around me. In fact, I experienced a feeling of being at one not only with nature, but the universe too. Now, thanks to my publisher, Piatkus and the support of family, friends and all of nature, The Book of Enchanted Living has come into being, so I hope you too can discover the joy in communing with nature.
As author, astrologer and artist, I want to share my love, enthusiasm and joy for the natural world and its enchantment. With a wide variety of rituals and practices, affirmations and experiences, the book shows you how to appreciate, absorb, engage with, and reconnect to nature’s magic. It will awaken not only your senses, but will vitalise and inspire enchantment within you.
The first part of the book includes chapters on: understanding, appreciating and getting in tune with yourself and your connection to nature; the elemental energies in nature and aligning with solar and lunar cycles; engaging with the landscape, flora, fauna, birds, trees, sky and stars; practical foraging. The second part is devoted to the enchantment of each of the four seasons. These chapters include the wonder and essence of each season, with sections on myth, lore, encounters with the wildscape and what it means for you, with rituals, immersive experiences and ideas to reconnect to the nature and enchantment of the season.
You will dance with the rain, talk to the trees and birds, delight in stones and rocks, and bask in the presence of the spirits, if, you too, wish to discover them.
Most of all, I hope this book will encourage you to experience the wonder, the delight, the magic, the tenderness, the wild and the beautiful to be found in the world around you, and how, by immersing yourself in nature, you will also find an authentic sense of your sacred self.
Blessings, and let the light of the universe shine through you every day.
Sarah Bartlett Books 