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    Courting the Wild Twin
    Courting the Wild Twin
    Courting the Wild Twin
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    Courting the Wild Twin

    Written by Martin Shaw

    Narrated by Martin Shaw

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    Master mythologist Martin Shaw uses timeless story-wisdom to examine our broken relationship with the world


    There is an old legend that says we each have a wild, curious twin that was thrown out the window the night we were born, taking much of our vitality with them. If there was something we were meant to do with our few, brief years on Earth, we can be sure that the wild twin is holding the key.


    In Courting the Wild Twin, Dr. Martin Shaw invites us to seek out our wild twin––a metaphor for the part of ourselves that we generally shun or ignore to conform to societal norms––to invite them back into our consciousness, for they have something important to tell us. He challenges us to examine our broken relationship with the world, to think boldly, wildly, and in new ways about ourselves—as individuals and as a collective.


    Through the use of scholarship, storytelling, and personal reflection, Shaw unpacks two ancient European fairy tales that concern the mysterious wild twin. By reading these tales and becoming storytellers ourselves, he suggests we can restore our agency and confront modern challenges with purpose, courage, and creativity.


    Courting the Wild Twin is a declaration of literary activism and an antidote to the shallow thinking that typifies our age. Shaw asks us to recognize mythology as a secret weapon—a radical, beautiful, heart-shuddering agent of deep, lasting change.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChelsea Green Publishing
    Release dateMar 11, 2020
    ISBN9781603589529
    Author

    Martin Shaw

    Martin Shaw is Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex and Research Professor at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals. He has written widely on global politics, war and genocide.

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    • 5/5
      I enjoyed the interweaving of myth and meaning. The stories are rich and the language poetic. I have much to ponder.

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      Beautiful, wise, deep, spiritual and it is like listening to a wise elder or an ancestor

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      Fantastic gem of a book. If you're interested in myth, this is a must listen.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent story telling. Inspiring and cathartic. Loved it very much.

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    • 5/5
      Beautiful, elegant, gentle, and brutal all at once. The reader is immediately taken in the author’s dominion over the English language, enchanted by his almost musical sequence of words, each more perfectly suited to its task than the word before it.
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      Love love love love love love love love love this book
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      Deep meanings are explored. Prepare to listen to passages more than once.
    • 5/5
      A beautiful work of art. The audio version is a must, as it allows the author to shine through his work.