Deep Down Things: The Earth in Celebration and Dismay

by Lin Jensen

Beloved and critically acclaimed author Lin Jensen returns with this bounteous volume exploring what the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins calls "deep down things." Richly informed by deep ecology, Lin's writing explores our intimate connection to the land, to the specificities of place, and to the living earth itself-all as Lin uncovers our own deepest nature, the true heart of what it means to be human. There is much in what's happening in our environment now that can and perhaps should be cause for dismay - and Deep Down Things looks squarely at all of this and nonetheless gives us ample cause for celebration.

Genres: Nonfiction, Buddhism

176 pages, Paperback

First published May 10, 2010

Reviews

[Maurice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having read this book 15 years ago, I thought it was a good time to read it again. Lin Jensen, who is a local author and dear friend, brings Buddhism and deep ecology together, mixed with some memoir, to remind us of our connection to earth and all the things we do to sever that connection, often unwittingly. It is time to renew that connection.