Books and Authors cover image

A Good Read: Merlin Sheldrake and Jo Marchant

Books and Authors

CHAPTER

The Dance Between Opposite Forces

It's a very loving book in that sense because there aren't any sort of bad characters even warden and his older brother Kay. In many authors hands that Kay could have been a very unsympathetic character but actually it wasn't. They have failings but there was a really nice loving relationship there. What I also love about it is just how terribly well he has imagined what it would be like to be a fish for instance. He describes how it would be looking up through the water at the world rather than looking down. The sense of the dance between opposites that we find in so many aspects of human life and human mind. It reminds us that the writing and storytelling are ancient

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner