Oak Wise is a collection of Celtic-themed narrative poetry exploring the old wisdom of the Druidic and Shamanic ways of life. This collection is approachable to the curious seeker just beginning their exploration of the Old Ways; while at the same time remains insightful to long-time pathwalkers. As a preface to her work, Browning offers her readers an introduction to the central beliefs of Shamanism, then proceeds to her poetry, where she descends with the reader into an intimate account of one seeker reflecting on the "Biological Mother" (the earth) while communing with the ancestral consciousness to which we each are connected. In this, her debut work, Browning brilliantly reintroduces the ecological sensitivities of the old Earth-based faiths, which are profoundly relevant in this current age of environmental crisis.

Oak Wise: Poetry Exploring an Ecological Faith

Literature & Fiction

L.M. Browning

Poetry

Little Red Tree Publishing

The Sacred, a poem selected from Ruminations at Twilight: Poetry Exploring the Sacred, was recently nominated for The 2011 Pushcart Prize in Poetry.   ~"Ruminations at Twilight is a powerful cry of yearning for the sacred. These lines of poetry are Browning's fearless entry into the global conversation; a heartfelt plea on behalf of the sacred Earth whose words run like rivers into the Great Watershed of the Earth's dreaming. May her poetry inspire your own plunge into the currents."  - Jason Kirkey, author of The Salmon in the Spring (*Winner of the IPPY Book Award / Mind-Body-Spirit Category)

Ruminations at Twilight: Poetry Exploring the Sacred

Traveling through the Holy Land, eighteen strangers are forced to take refuge in Jerusalem during a militant attack. Kept in close quarters in an abandoned building, over the course of four days this group of strangers begin a dialogue, discussing love and evil, religion and god; finding amongst their number a mysterious nameless man who poses a revolutionary perspective on these age-old questions.Following in the tradition of other contemplative writers such as Hermann Hesse, James Redfield and Paul Coelho, the authors present us with a reflective tale chronicling one man's spiritual journey across time and beyond the boundaries of our preconceived notions. The Nameless Man will speak to spiritual explorers of all faiths. The story within is a guide for all those making the transition from rigid doctrine and into the intimacy of spirituality. This adventure will challenge all traditional definitions, widen your mind and ignite your will to take up your own inner-pilgrimage in search of firsthand truth.

The Nameless Man

Marianne Browning

Homebound Publications

The year is 1850. The Revolutionary War has long since come to an end and the industrial revolution is beginning to build steam, overturning the old ways of home and hearth as it gains momentum. In a desperate hour, in the back alleys of Boston, a group of twelve castoff children come together to care for each other. Plagued by the unanswered questions surrounding their past and grief for loved ones lost, the children attempt to come to terms with the bitter truths that have defined their life thus far. Feeling forsaken, faced with prejudice, hostile gangs and in the hardest winter on record, the children find themselves on the ragged edge. Until a series of mysterious events begin taking place, making them feel that they are not as alone and helpless as they might have thought. Separated from his friends during a week of successive blizzards, Joseph-the fourteen-year-old boy at the head of this family of outcasts-becomes snowbound in a condemned building while searching for one missing among their number. It is during his days beset in the basement of this building that Joseph-starved and feverish-experiences a vision of another life lived upon a rolling green land, spurring him to do something he has not done in a long time: believe that life can be more than mere survival. These surreal events culminating in the arrival of a good-hearted stranger who, while wounded himself by injustice and loss, brings renewed hope to these children who have dreamed of being loved.

The Castoff Children

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Oak Wise: Poetry Exploring an Ecological Faith

Ruminations at Twilight: Poetry Exploring the Sacred

The Nameless Man

The Castoff Children