Liturgies of the Wild: Myths That Make Us

Martin Shaw argues that modern culture suffers from a poverty of myth, leaving people unprepared for life's challenges. Drawing on what he calls the "ancient technologies" of myths and initiatory rites, Shaw offers a path toward wholeness, maturity, and connection. The book teaches readers how to interpret myths on their own terms, provides retellings of traditional tales, and shows how to gather and reshape personal stories. Shaw describes his own thirty-year journey and a 101-night vigil in a Dartmoor forest that led him to understand Christ as "the True Myth." Combining scholarly knowledge with narrative storytelling, Liturgies of the Wild presents myth as a form of resistance and meaning-making in response to contemporary challenges.