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Runes Of The North (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)

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In Runes of the North Sigurd Olson explores his feelings in regards to the haunting appeal of the wilderness. He recounts how the legends of the northern vastness of Canada and Alaska have influenced him.

In the introduction, Olson writes, “My runes have come from the wilderness, for in its solitude, silence, and freedom …. I know there are moments of insight when ancient truths do stand out more vividly, and one senses anew his relationship to the earth and to all life”.

Runes of the North explores these values, insights, and truths. Olson weaves the tales and myths along with his own stories and experiences as an explorer, creator, grandfather, and biologist. “This inner world has to do with the wilderness from which we came”, he writes, “timelessness, cosmic rhythms, and the deep feelings men have for an unchanged environment”.

Olson tells of Native American legends and traditions, like dream catchers and wild rice harvests, in addition to the pure pleasure of the Finnish sauna. Each and every story portrays the special magic one finds within the wilderness and is full of moments, that Olson writes, “are worth looking ahead to, and once they come in some unheralded instant of knowing, they’re of the purest gold”.

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