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It is everything that is missing. Flesh that is not
metal. Smell that is not sprayed on. Hunger neither bought nor sold.
Life that is not machine. The song of blood you know, hear, feel, search
for everywhere, but cannot find. Or you find it, and are home forever:
the epiphany of Earth.
— Barbara Mor
 elcome
to the newly redesigned Wild Ideas, a site dedicated to the celebration of the
wild in all its forms. This site is divided into a number of subject areas,
dealing with different facets of wildness, from the familiar concept of
wilderness and wild nature to looser interpretations of the term in the
contexts of spirituality, sexuality, creativity and politics.
The defining quality is:
wild adj [ME wilde fr. OE, akin to OHG wildi
wild, W gwyllt] (bef 12c) 1 a : living in a state of nature and
not ordinarily tame or domesticated... 3 a (1): not subject to
restraint or regulation: UNCONTROLLED; also : UNRULY... (2)
emotionally overcome; also : passionately eager or enthusiastic...
b marked by turbulent agitation... c going beyond normal or
conventional bounds... d indicative or strong passion, emotion or
desire... 5 : characteristic of, expressive of, or appropriate to
wilderness or wildlife... 6 a : deviating from the normal or
expected course...
Please note that Wild Ideas is still partially under construction at
this point. Although most of the “placeholder” pages are gone,
a few places are still pretty skeletal (notably the book reviews, and the FAQ
areas outside the Temple). There may also be a few broken links that we haven't
caught yet. The process of restructuring and redesigning such a large
site has been more of an uphill battle than we had anticipated! If you'd
like to be kept up to date on the site's status, you can sign up for
the WildNews announcement list using the form to the left.
Regarding navigation, the menu above, underneath the header graphic, lists
the main areas of the site, and the menu at left lists the separate sections
within the area you're in.
The major areas of the site are as follows:
- Wild Nature: The Forest
- The most familiar definition of wildness: that of the natural world
itself. Radical environmentalism, deep ecology, wilderness activism,
conservation biology, and related topics.
- Wild Spirituality: The Temple
- The spirituality that stems from wild nature — religion that
is lived, felt and experienced rather than simply believed in real
and ecstatic and visceral. Wicca, neo-paganism, ecospirituality, nature
magic and related paths.
- Wild Sexuality: The Calyx
- Challenges to the conventional, domesticated ideas of sexuality
and gender: feminism; gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues;
and the rethinking/revisioning of sexuality in general.
- Wild Politics: The Commons
- Political issues and ideas that don't fit neatly into one of the
other areas: anarchism, anti-racism, Native rights, resistance to
globalization and corporate power, and other similar ideas.
- Wild Mind: The Madhouse
- Various facets of what is commonly termed madness. These range from
online resources for coping with mood disorders and other similar
problems, to challenges to the conventional notions of what constitutes
sanity and madness.
- Wild Culture:
The Studio
- Creativity and the arts: writing, visual art, music, and other expressions
of the wild muse.
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individual authors, where cited, or by
Lynna Landstreet
where not specifically credited.
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This page last modified: February 13, 2008
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