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Helen Macdonald
Book Bits

The Magic Lives of Swifts

October 9, 2020December 29, 2020 Vanessa Able

The twilight excursions of swifts echo the solemnity of certain spiritual rituals, when the earth is quiet enough that we can relocate our own bearings in relation to the world.

Tagged birds, flight, nature, recalibration, resetting, ritual, Spiritual Practice, vespers1 Comment

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