Michael Wilson
@mikewilsonuk.bsky.social
#DepthPsychology, writer, mythologist, #PlaceWriting, #NatureConnection, #NatureImmersion #Northumberland. #Edinburgh. New book on nature connection TBP 29 April 2025. https://linktr.ee/mikewilsonuk
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At Watkins Books, London, to talk this evening about my book, Portals into Deep Imagination.
What if consciousness comes first and doesn’t originate in the brain?
What if, as Professor Maria Strømme, suggests, “… our individual consciousness does not cease at death, but returns to the universal field of consciousness from which it once emerged”?
Article: www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
What if, as Professor Maria Strømme, suggests, “… our individual consciousness does not cease at death, but returns to the universal field of consciousness from which it once emerged”?
Article: www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What if consciousness comes first and doesn’t originate in the brain?
What if, as Professor Maria Strømme, suggests, “… our individual consciousness does not cease at death, but returns to the universal field of consciousness from which it once emerged”?
Article: www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
What if, as Professor Maria Strømme, suggests, “… our individual consciousness does not cease at death, but returns to the universal field of consciousness from which it once emerged”?
Article: www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
At Watkins Books, London, to talk this evening about my book, Portals into Deep Imagination.
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
At Watkins Books, London, to talk this evening about my book, Portals into Deep Imagination.
If you’re looking for an anthology of readings and practices to take you through nature’s year, alongside Celtic folklore, and depth psychology, publisher Aeon “are offering 20% off this title with code EO20. Valid until 22/11/2025.” spirit.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/port...
Portals into Deep Imagination : Celtic Mythology, Nature’s Year, and the Quest for Soul - Michael Wilson - Aeon Spirit
Portals into Deep Imagination : Celtic Mythology, Nature’s Year, and the Quest for Soul - Michael Wilson : 9781801521703 at Aeon Spirit
spirit.aeonbooks.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you’re looking for an anthology of readings and practices to take you through nature’s year, alongside Celtic folklore, and depth psychology, publisher Aeon “are offering 20% off this title with code EO20. Valid until 22/11/2025.” spirit.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/port...
“We cannot efface anything from the web that bind us all without wider consequence. Ecosystems unravel, societies falter, imaginations become bland. Yet it is easier to imagine resurrecting mammoths than changing how we live.” ~ Adam Weymouth.
Fabulous book!
Fabulous book!
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“We cannot efface anything from the web that bind us all without wider consequence. Ecosystems unravel, societies falter, imaginations become bland. Yet it is easier to imagine resurrecting mammoths than changing how we live.” ~ Adam Weymouth.
Fabulous book!
Fabulous book!
Autumn sun on the River Tweed at Berwick. #NatureConnection
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Autumn sun on the River Tweed at Berwick. #NatureConnection
Week 2: The Way of the Birch, continues a yearlong #NatureConnection journey in my book Portals into Deep Imagination: Celtic Mythology, Nature’s Year, and the Quest for Soul: linktr.ee/mikewilsonuk #resilence and new beginnings.
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Week 2: The Way of the Birch, continues a yearlong #NatureConnection journey in my book Portals into Deep Imagination: Celtic Mythology, Nature’s Year, and the Quest for Soul: linktr.ee/mikewilsonuk #resilence and new beginnings.
James Paterson’s ‘Autumn in Glencairn, Moniaive’ always makes me pause longer than when in front of any other paintings in the National Gallery, Edinburgh. It’s the way the landscape pulls me in to connect with nature, and with the season.
November 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
James Paterson’s ‘Autumn in Glencairn, Moniaive’ always makes me pause longer than when in front of any other paintings in the National Gallery, Edinburgh. It’s the way the landscape pulls me in to connect with nature, and with the season.
Kathleen Jamie’s review of Alan Garner’s Powsels and Thrums: A Tapestry of a Creative Life, has prompted me to read this book again. www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Alan Garner’s living tapestry
The novelist’s creative life was woven from a childhood in northern England’s mythic landscape.
www.newstatesman.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Kathleen Jamie’s review of Alan Garner’s Powsels and Thrums: A Tapestry of a Creative Life, has prompted me to read this book again. www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Should this tree have the same rights as you?’ Reading again this article by Robert Macfarlane, published on 2 November 2019, to revisit his reflections on the ‘new animism’ and make a note of some of the exciting book titles I missed. www.theguardian.com/books/2019/n...
Should this tree have the same rights as you?
Around the world, a movement is gaining momentum that grants legal rights to natural phenomena, including rivers, lakes and mountains. Robert Macfarlane investigates the rise of the new animism
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Should this tree have the same rights as you?’ Reading again this article by Robert Macfarlane, published on 2 November 2019, to revisit his reflections on the ‘new animism’ and make a note of some of the exciting book titles I missed. www.theguardian.com/books/2019/n...
Britain is one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world, listed 55th out of 61 countries. The study suggests ‘strongest indicator for a close relationship with nature was high levels of "spirituality" in a society’. #NatureConnection www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Britain is one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world, listed 55th out of 61 countries. The study suggests ‘strongest indicator for a close relationship with nature was high levels of "spirituality" in a society’. #NatureConnection www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Week 1: Deepening into Darkness at Samhain, begins a yearlong journey in my book Portals into Deep Imagination: Celtic Mythology, Nature’s Year, and the Quest for Soul. linktr.ee/mikewilsonuk #Samhain #Halloween
October 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Week 1: Deepening into Darkness at Samhain, begins a yearlong journey in my book Portals into Deep Imagination: Celtic Mythology, Nature’s Year, and the Quest for Soul. linktr.ee/mikewilsonuk #Samhain #Halloween
Can anyone please identify this astonishingly beautiful #fungi which measures about 10cm at its widest point and sits about 11cm above the ground?
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Can anyone please identify this astonishingly beautiful #fungi which measures about 10cm at its widest point and sits about 11cm above the ground?
On 10 October 2025, the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) was officially declared extinct. This is the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species, and “is a wake-up call for us to take action for its Eurasian cousin”.
October 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
On 10 October 2025, the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) was officially declared extinct. This is the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species, and “is a wake-up call for us to take action for its Eurasian cousin”.
The Edinburgh premiere of ‘Clinging by a Claw’ about bringing wildcats back from the brink of extinction was amazing, as was the Q&A introduced and chaired by the wonderful Chris Packham. #SavingWildcats www.savingwildcats.org.uk
Saving Wildcats | Scottish wildcat conservation and recovery
Wildcats are on the brink of extinction in Scotland and this is their last hope. Together we can secure the future of the Highland tiger by breeding and releasing wildcats into the wild.
www.savingwildcats.org.uk
October 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Edinburgh premiere of ‘Clinging by a Claw’ about bringing wildcats back from the brink of extinction was amazing, as was the Q&A introduced and chaired by the wonderful Chris Packham. #SavingWildcats www.savingwildcats.org.uk
Baillie Gifford Prize 2025 shortlist. I’m intrigued by Adam Weymouth’s Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe, so have just ordered my copy.
www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/inside-the-c...
www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/inside-the-c...
The Prize announces 2025 shortlist
The Baillie Gifford Prize rewards excellence in non-fiction writing, bringing the best in intelligent reflection on the world to new readers.
www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Baillie Gifford Prize 2025 shortlist. I’m intrigued by Adam Weymouth’s Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe, so have just ordered my copy.
www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/inside-the-c...
www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/inside-the-c...
#NatureConnection early in life may reduce onset of depression in later life, but nature connection may alleviate this. But we’re losing nature at an alarming rate which gives rise to eco-anxiety. Depression may ride on the back of this. When we protect nature, we protect ourselves. #MentalHealth
September 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#NatureConnection early in life may reduce onset of depression in later life, but nature connection may alleviate this. But we’re losing nature at an alarming rate which gives rise to eco-anxiety. Depression may ride on the back of this. When we protect nature, we protect ourselves. #MentalHealth
Reposted by Michael Wilson
‘Though it was recognised as “old” and accordingly valuable, its vernacular strangeness was cause for disregard rather than inquiry. The librarians, with their precious Greek Bibles, just weren’t that interested.’
@tomlukejohnson.bsky.social on the Pearl Manuscript: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tomlukejohnson.bsky.social on the Pearl Manuscript: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tom Johnson · Supereffable: Mysteries of the Pearl Manuscript
Any book made by hand is unique, but the Pearl Manuscript’s claim to uniqueness is unparalleled: the manuscript...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
‘Though it was recognised as “old” and accordingly valuable, its vernacular strangeness was cause for disregard rather than inquiry. The librarians, with their precious Greek Bibles, just weren’t that interested.’
@tomlukejohnson.bsky.social on the Pearl Manuscript: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tomlukejohnson.bsky.social on the Pearl Manuscript: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Delighted to read a review of my book, Portals into Deep Imagination, in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids Touchstone magazine.
September 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Delighted to read a review of my book, Portals into Deep Imagination, in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids Touchstone magazine.
Delighted to read a review of my book, Portals into Deep Imagination, in the Scientific and Medical Network’s Paradigm Explorer Magazine.
September 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Delighted to read a review of my book, Portals into Deep Imagination, in the Scientific and Medical Network’s Paradigm Explorer Magazine.
#AutumnEquinox (pic. Loch Morlich, Cairngorms).
September 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#AutumnEquinox (pic. Loch Morlich, Cairngorms).
I stood for a long while beneath the long arms of this birch tree. It felt like praying in a temple. I mean, aren’t all uplifting thoughts and feelings prayers? #NatureConnection #spirituality #trees
September 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I stood for a long while beneath the long arms of this birch tree. It felt like praying in a temple. I mean, aren’t all uplifting thoughts and feelings prayers? #NatureConnection #spirituality #trees
Morning walk through Abernethy Forest via Forest Lodge, #Cairngorms, which is RSPB’s HQ for Abernethy Forest Nature Reserve. Picture of Lodge dog kennels used during WW2 as a detention building. Couldn’t resist picking a few chanterelles on my way back to Nethy Bridge.
September 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Morning walk through Abernethy Forest via Forest Lodge, #Cairngorms, which is RSPB’s HQ for Abernethy Forest Nature Reserve. Picture of Lodge dog kennels used during WW2 as a detention building. Couldn’t resist picking a few chanterelles on my way back to Nethy Bridge.
Angel’s wings fungus in Abernethy Forest, #Cairngorms, today. Toxic. Details: www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp...
September 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Angel’s wings fungus in Abernethy Forest, #Cairngorms, today. Toxic. Details: www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp...