Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Tristan Gooley is off on another adventure--this time around the outskirts of his home in the West Sussex, in an effort to cultivate the seemingly supernatural abilities of leading naturalists he interviews from around the world. In How to Read Water and How to Read Nature, he shared with readers the tips and tricks he's cultivated over years of his own experience as an outdoorsman; in this book, other leading experts weigh in along with Gooley, drawing insights from their experiences and showing us how they developed their "sixth sense"--the amazing ability to subconsciously sense the inner workings of our natural world.
Readers will learn about ancient cultures around the world who are famed for these feats of primal human intelligence--e.g., the Pgymy people in the African Congo who are used to "hearing honey"--and they will also go along with Gooley on his journey around the outskirts of his home in West Sussex, the landscapes of the South Downs, as he embarks on his journey to recover this "lost sense" as fully as our ancestors were once capable of.
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of How to Read Water--an exploration of our subconscious ability to "know" our surroundings even when we can't explain how
Master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley has long encouraged his readers to look closely at the world to discover its hidden clues. Through careful cultivation of our senses, we can use the Big Dipper to tell time, for example, and a budding flower to find south.
In The Nature Instinct, we learn how to train ourselves through slow observation so that, ultimately, we can intuit the inner workings of the world around us without having to stop to think about it. In other words, readers learn how to develop an instinct for reading nature the way Gooley does. Discover how Gooley and other expert observers--from hunters in the English countryside to the Pygmy people in the African Congo--have recovered this lost sixth sense that unlocks a subconscious, deeper understanding of our surroundings. In this, the culmination of everything Gooley has written so far, you'll learn how to find the forest's edge when deep in the woods, or when a wild animal might pose danger--and you won't even have to stop to think about how you know it.
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The culmination of everything Tristan Gooley has written so far: How to take your knowledge about the outdoors--and make it second nature
Readers of master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley have learned that the world is filled with clues to look for--we can use the Big Dipper to tell time, for example, and a budding flower to find south. But what about the innate survival instincts that told Gooley to move on one night, just as he was about to make camp? Everything looked perfect, but something felt wrong. When Gooley returned to his abandoned campsite to search for clues, there they were: All of the tree trunks were slightly bent. The ground had already shifted once in a storm--and could easily shift again, becoming treacherous in heavy rain.
The Nature Instinct shows us how Gooley and other expert observers--from hunters in the English countryside to the Pygmy people in the Congo--have recovered and rekindled this lost "sixth sense;" a subconscious, deeper understanding of our surroundings. By training ourselves through slow, careful observation, we too can unlock this kind of intuition--for finding the forest's edge when deep in the woods, or knowing when a wild animal might pose danger--without even having to stop to think about it.
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"A captivating guide to finding one's way in the wild."--The Wall Street Journal
The culmination of everything Tristan Gooley has written so far: How to take what you learn about the outdoors--and make it second nature
Publisher's note: The Nature Instinct was published in the UK under the title Wild Signs and Star Paths.
Readers of master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley have learned that the world is filled with clues to look for--we can use the Big Dipper to tell time, for example, and a budding flower to find south. But what about the innate survival instincts that told Gooley to move on one night, just as he was about to make camp? Everything looked perfect, but something felt wrong. When Gooley returned to his abandoned campsite to search for clues, there they were: All of the tree trunks were slightly bent. The ground had already shifted once in a storm--and could easily shift again, becoming treacherous in heavy rain.
The Nature Instinct shows us how Gooley and other expert observers--from hunters in the English countryside to the Pygmy people in the Congo--have recovered and rekindled this lost "sixth sense;" a subconscious, deeper understanding of our surroundings. By training ourselves through slow, careful observation, we too can unlock this kind of intuition--for finding the forest's edge when deep in the woods, or knowing when a wild animal might pose danger--without even having to stop to think about it.
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"A captivating guide to finding one's way in the wild."--The Wall Street Journal The culmination of everything Tristan Gooley, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Read a Tree and The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs, has written so far: How to take what you learn about the outdoors--and make it second nature
Readers of master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley have learned that the world is filled with clues to look for--we can use the Big Dipper to tell time, for example, and a budding flower to find south. But what about the innate survival instincts that told Gooley to move on one night, just as he was about to make camp? Everything looked perfect, but something felt wrong. When Gooley returned to his abandoned campsite to search for clues, there they were: All of the tree trunks were slightly bent. The ground had already shifted once in a storm--and could easily shift again, becoming treacherous in heavy rain.
The Nature Instinct shows us how Gooley and other expert observers--from hunters in the English countryside to the Pygmy people in the Congo--have recovered and rekindled this lost "sixth sense;" a subconscious, deeper understanding of our surroundings. By training ourselves through slow, careful observation, we too can unlock this kind of intuition--for finding the forest's edge when deep in the woods, or knowing when a wild animal might pose danger--without even having to stop to think about it.
Publisher's note: The Nature Instinct was published in the UK under the title Wild Signs and Star Paths.
Synopsis
Readers of master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley have learned that the world is filled with clues to look for--we can use the Big Dipper to tell time, for example, and a budding flower to find south. But what about the innate survival instincts that told Gooley to move on one night, just as he was about to make camp? Everything looked perfect, but something felt wrong. When Gooley returned to his abandoned campsite to search for clues, there they were: All of the tree trunks were slightly bent. The ground had already shifted once in a storm--and could easily shift again, becoming treacherous in heavy rain.
The Nature Instinct shows us how Gooley and other expert observers--from hunters in the English countryside to the Pygmy people in the Congo--have recovered and rekindled this lost "sixth sense;" a subconscious, deeper understanding of our surroundings. By training ourselves through slow, careful observation, we too can unlock this kind of intuition--for finding the forest's edge when deep in the woods, or knowing when a wild animal might pose danger--without even having to stop to think about it.
Publisher's note: The Nature Instinct was published in the UK under the title Wild Signs and Star Paths.