Product reviews for The Salmon of Knowledge

Nick Owens is a master of storytelling and metaphor. He inspires us to reflection and fresh discovery, particularly about ourselves. He invites us to wrestle with paradox,'or transcend it. For example, in an opening story about a man digging a well to find water, the lessons he offers includes a series of dos and donts, including,'Advice is cheap and often unreliable., I have to believe he also appreciates such irony. By drawing on the many rich wisdom traditions in the world, he even subtly offers a path to the discovery of our connections with each other,'and with our often separated and disjointed ways of knowing and meaning making. Through his narratives he joins science and spirit, the individual with her community, the perspectives of self and society. He links us to our enduring cultures and the brevity of our own existence. And he challenges us to use his work to help us reshape our perspectives to engage the many aspects of life revealed to us. This is a book to which I can return again and again for both solace in the face of lifes challenges and stimulus to embrace the richness of life and living.