Meditations of Henry David Thoreau. Chris Highland

Meditations of Henry David Thoreau - Chris Highland


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      Copyright © 2002 Chris Highland

      1st EDITION December 2002

      5th printing 2009

      Book and cover design by Larry B. Van Dyke

      Photographs by C. Highland except where otherwise noted

      Cover photos: Henry David Thoreau courtesy of the Library of Congress; Vine Maples, Moonset Sunrise and Winter White (regal robes) 2002 C. Highland

      Frontispiece photo: Henry David Thoreau courtesy of the Collections of the Thoreau Society at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods

      Library of Congress Card Number 2003041156

      ISBN 978-0-89997-321-0

      Manufactured in the United States of America

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Thoreau, Henry David, 1817 – 1862.

      Meditations of Henry David Thoreau: a light in the woods/compiled and edited by Chris Highland.—1st ed.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 0-89997-321-3

      1. Nature. 2. Meditations. 3. Thoreau, Henry David, 1817–1862. I. Highland, Chris, 1955 – II. Title.

      QH81.T612 2004

      508—dc21

      2003041156

      Introduction

      —Henry David Thoreau

      Maine Woods

      One evening, after noticing an eerie glow in a dead log deep in those Maine backwoods, he investigated the natural phosphorescence and remarked that he had given scant thought “that there was such a light shining in the darkness of the wilderness for me.” He concluded that he had more to learn from the forest and its inhabitants—including the Native peoples who held their own light—than from any wisdom he carried along. It was a liminal moment for him—a threshold illuminated with wild, blood-swirling mystery.

      His insight resounded into the twentieth century, spiriting the activism of shakers like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. and activating the spirit of movers like Sigurd Olson and Dorothee Soelle. What Thoreau saw with his eyes and felt with his feet continue to kindle a lamp for the walk of new generations.


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