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The Forest Way: Re-visioning Western Outlooks on Nature, Society, and Self
Europeans have lost touch with their roots—with their sense of community and heritage, with their natural environments and mystery traditions.
In their place, we’ve seen the rise of cosmopolitan mindsets, of technocratic regimes, of dictated ‘sameness’ and universalist discourse.
This group is meant for those who wish to reconnect with their roots, rediscovering allegiances to ‘people’ and ‘place,’ and cultivating a love for the European longue durée.
Whether through cultural outings, nature-based activities, or text-centred discussions, we seek to step off the train of homogenising futures to walk a forest path—the ‘way of the woods’ that leads back to our roots and on to an alternate future, there to encounter a new sense of vitality and purpose.
Please join us!
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Upcoming events (1)
See all- Are You a Forest Rebel?Scott Monument , Edinburgh
For our first meeting, we’ll look at selections from Ernst Jünger's 1951 text, The Forest Passage, reflecting upon how it may lead us forward in the ‘Forest Way’ Meetup group.
Here’s a blurb about the text from its description on Amazon:
“Ernst Jünger's The Forest Passage explores the possibility of resistance: how the independent thinker can withstand and oppose the power of the omnipresent state. No matter how extensive the technologies of surveillance become, the forest can shelter the rebel, and the rebel can strike back against tyranny. Jünger's manifesto is a defense of freedom against the pressure to conform to political manipulation and artificial consensus. A response to the European experience under Nazism, Fascism, and Communism, The Forest Passage has lessons equally relevant for today, wherever an imposed uniformity threatens to stifle liberty.”
The complete text can be found on Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/ernst-junger-the-forest-passage-1951-2013), although we’ll focus our conversation upon the excerpts in the linked PDF:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N_dKaiViKbXcSSpupJgSG3uFT_aXOgff/view?usp=sharing
We’ll supplement our discussion with lessons gleaned from an historical figure whom Jünger mentions in his text: the Swiss folk hero, William Tell, whose story we’ll revisit through an illustrated children’s version of the tale:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gwvVRwCiSmfbq9R5x-tly29mwuuHfYLi/view?usp=sharing
Whether or not you’re familiar with Jünger's works or agree with his findings, you’ll be most welcome to attend.
Please join us!
Christopher and Sonja
