My book The Flowering Wand is available for pre-order!

Hello all!

I can’t believe that, less than a year out from it’s conception, my book The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine is officially available for pre-order via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, and via my publisher Inner Traditions. 

https://www.amazon.com/Flowering-Wand-Rewilding-Sacred-Masculine/dp/1644115964/ref=sr_1_2?crid=32ONCCOY227JX&keywords=the+flowering+wand&qid=1643850950&sprefix=the+flowering+wand%2Caps%2C239&sr=8-2

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-flowering-wand-sophie-strand/1140894946

https://bookshop.org/books/the-flowering-wand-rewilding-the-sacred-masculine/9781644115961

Here is the the catalogue description of the book: 

“For too long masculinity has been conflated with patriarchy. But long before the sword-wielding heroes of legend readily cut down forests, slaughtered the old deities, and vanquished their enemies, there were playful gods, animal-headed kings, mischievous lovers, trickster harpists, and vegetal magicians with flowering wands. As eco-feminist scholar Sophie Strand discovered, these ancient, wilder, more magical modes of the masculine have always been hidden in plain sight.

Sharing the culmination of eight years of research into myth, folklore, and the history of religion, Strand leads us back into the forgotten landscapes and hidden secrets of familiar myths, revealing the beautiful range of the masculine, including expressions of male friendship, male intimacy, and male creative collaborations. Starting with Osiris and Genesis, Strand encourages us to think like an ecosystem, instead of like an individual. She connects dying, vegetal gods to the virtuous cycle of composting and decay, highlighting the ways in which fungi can restore soil and heal polluted landscapes. Exploring esoteric Christianity, the author celebrates the Gnostic Jesus of The Gospel of Thomas, imagining the ecology that the Rabbi Yeshua would have actually been referencing in his nature-focused parables. Moving into medieval history, legends, and fairytales, Strand frees Tristan, Merlin, and the Grail legends from the bounds of Campbell’s hero’s journey and invites the masculine into more nuanced, complex ways of dealing with trauma, growth, and self-knowledge.

By rewilding the myths of the masculine, Strand reseeds our minds with new visions of male identity and shows how each of us, regardless of gender, can develop a matured ecological empathy, reinvigorate the magic of the world around us, and witness a blossoming of masculine powers that are soft, curious, connective, and celebratory.”

This book wouldn’t have come into being without the feral and collaborative support of my readers. Thank you so much for helping me bring this book into being!