|
Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of TreesSilver Winner, 2026 Nautilus Book Awards
Broadleaf Books, 2025
When we connect intimately with trees, they offer deep wisdom and guidance for our times and remind us that all beings are part of the fabric of the holy. Integrating science and spirituality, coauthors Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy invite us into a deep mutual relationship with trees, whose wisdom provide comfort, resilience, and hope during these challenging times. Trees call us to a fuller spiritual presence, richer connections to the world around us, and a deeper knowing that all are held within the sacred web of life. |
If we are open and attentive, trees offer us not only wisdom, but the opportunity for a deep communion within the holy web.
-Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees
|
Interviews
Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene
Nov 2025 Episode 48: Kate Brelje interviews Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy about their new book, Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees. Listen Earthkeepers
April 2025 In this conversation, Leah Rampy and Beth Norcross discuss their book Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees, exploring themes of earth care, spirituality, and the deep connections humans have with nature. Listen UNO Souls Chat
April 2025 Host Brigitta Toruño and the authors dive in during this deep and thoughtful conversation for Earth Day. Listen Making Meaning
April 2025 The authors sat down with host Reese Brown of the Making Meaning podcast to talk about the new book and the deep spiritual wisdom it invites us to uncover in the world around us. View |
Press & Endorsements
This book speaks the language of trees. The deep wisdom of the Standing Ones is that everything belongs; nothing stands alone. Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy powerfully convey this truth as they draw on the fascinating details of forestry science, the insights of spiritual masters from various traditions, and their own intimate, lifelong experience with trees. This isn’t just another ‘how-to’ book on spirituality. It’s a passionate call to listen to the magnificent teachers that surround us. --Belden C. Lane, PhD, author of The Solace of Fierce Landscapes, Backpacking with the Saints, and other books A beautiful meditation on the wisdom found in the natural world and the transformative power of being in relationship with trees. Norcross and Rampy are exceptional teachers and knowledgeable guides, graciously leading the reader down tree-lined wooded paths where they share scientific knowledge, insightful personal experience, compelling metaphors, and spiritual insights. —Carrie Newcomer, Emmy-winning performer, songwriter, and recording artist: A Great Wild Mercy and The Beautiful Not Yet What a treasure! This book captures the extraordinary power of trees to engage humans in a reciprocal relationship that transcends words. May this valuable work, rich with scientific knowledge and spiritual insight, be widely read and enjoyed. This is a unique expression of what Thomas Berry meant by his phrase, ‘The universe is a communion of subjects.’ —Mary Evelyn Tucker, coauthor, Journey of the Universe; co-director, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology The Universe has been a spiritual reality as well as a physical reality since the beginning of time. To see every lifeform on Earth as an expression of the Divine is the wisdom we are being invited to recover, urgently, if humanity is to find healing. Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees witnesses with hope to the urgency of this moment. —John Philip Newell, author of The Great Search: Turning to Earth and Soul in the Quest for Healing and Home |
More books by Leah Rampy
|
|
|
