Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home
Thin Places is an eloquent meditation on what it means to move between cultures and how one might finally come home, a particular paradox in a culture that lacks deep ties to the natural world. During the 1990s, Ann Armbrecht, an American anthropologist, made several trips to northeastern Nepal to research how the Yamphu Rai acquired, farmed, and held onto their land; how they perceived their areas recent designation as a national park and conservation area; and whether-as she believed-they...
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Preface ix\ Acknowledgments xiii\ Part 1 Departure\ 1 Growing Rice 3\ 2 Seeds 13\ 3 Conserving the Land 19\ 4 The Books 25\ 5 The Black Box 29\ 6 The Barun Festival 33\ 7 The Bamboo Bridge 43\ Part 2 Initiation\ 8 Stories as Boundaries 59\ 9 Gold Earrings 71\ 10 Thin Places 83\ 11 The Sacred Spring 93\ 12 Kelekpa the Shaman 101\ 13 Mapping Power 113\ 14 Lost Souls 121\ Part 3 Return\ 15 Leaving 135\ 16 Baiseti Thuma 145\ 17 A Far-Off Place 155\ 18 Absence 167\ 19 Manguhang 181\ Part 4 Birth\ 20 Birth 201\ 21 Sage Mountain 217\ 22 Sacred Stories 225\ 23 Listening 231\ 24 The Healing Stone 239\ 25 The Black Bag 249\ 26 Voices of the Land 257\ 27 The Waterfall 261\ 28 Bare Feet 265\ Bibliography 273
\ Rutland Herald - Andrew Nemethy\ This is a book you'll want to spend time with.\ \ \ \ \ \ The Valley Reporter - Rob Williams\ Armbrecht's vulnerability, wisdom and unflinching honesty at a time of great crisis for the West make this story one of the most important books of the last year.\ \ \ \ OrionStirring on many levels - emotional, religious, physical, sensual.... Armbrecht's is a lovely and humble journey.\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteEngaging\ \ \ \ \ \ Environmental PhilosophyArmbrecht's honest prose is immediately life giving.\ \ \ \ \ \ Rutland HeraldThis is a book you'll want to spend time with.\ — Andrew Nemethy\ \ \ \ \ \ The Valley ReporterArmbrecht's vulnerability, wisdom and unflinching honesty at a time of great crisis for the West make this story one of the most important books of the last year.\ — Rob Williams\ \ \ \ \ \ OrionStirring on many levels - emotional, religious, physical, sensual.... Armbrecht's is a lovely and humble journey.\ — David G. Campbell\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteEngaging\ — Richard Whitecross\ \ \ \ \ \ Environmental PhilosophyArmbrecht's honest prose is immediately life giving.\ — Meg Mott\ \ \
