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By Wolf D. Storl

By Wolf D. Storl

By Wolf D. Storl

By Wolf D. Storl

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Category: Science | History

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    About Bear

    Since the beginning of human history, bears have been regarded as animals of great power. Ethnobotanist and cultural anthropologist Wolf Storl, who spent years in the wilderness with bears, explores the fascinating relationship between bears and humans, including the history, mythology, healing lore, and biology of this formidable creature. Storl takes the reader from the bear caves of the Neanderthals to the bear-worshipping Siberian tribes of today, from the extinct cave bear to the modern teddy bear. Bears were traditionally seen as a kind of “forest human” under whose shaggy fur a king or a god was hidden, he explains. Vividly illustrating the power of myths and fairy tales to reveal more than scientific treatises about the true nature of beings–especially in the case of bears–Storl restores this magnificent animal to its rightful place at the forefront of the human imagination as well as among the dwellers of the forest.

    About Bear

    Since the beginning of human history, bears have been regarded as animals of great power. Ethnobotanist and cultural anthropologist Wolf Storl, who spent years in the wilderness with bears, explores the fascinating relationship between bears and humans, including the history, mythology, healing lore, and biology of this formidable creature. Storl takes the reader from the bear caves of the Neanderthals to the bear-worshipping Siberian tribes of today, from the extinct cave bear to the modern teddy bear. Bears were traditionally seen as a kind of “forest human” under whose shaggy fur a king or a god was hidden, he explains. Vividly illustrating the power of myths and fairy tales to reveal more than scientific treatises about the true nature of beings–especially in the case of bears–Storl restores this magnificent animal to its rightful place at the forefront of the human imagination as well as among the dwellers of the forest.

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    The Untold History of Healing
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    About Wolf D. Storl

    Wolf D. Storl, PhD, is an ethnobotanist and the author of some two dozen books on herbalism, alternative medicine, ethnobotany, and shamanism. Born in Saxony, Germany, he received his PhD in ethnology from the University of Berne, Switzerland. His early… More about Wolf D. Storl

    About Wolf D. Storl

    Wolf D. Storl, PhD, is an ethnobotanist and the author of some two dozen books on herbalism, alternative medicine, ethnobotany, and shamanism. Born in Saxony, Germany, he received his PhD in ethnology from the University of Berne, Switzerland. His early… More about Wolf D. Storl

    Product Details

    Category: Science | History

    Paperback | $21.95
    Published by North Atlantic Books
    Jan 09, 2018 | 320 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9781623171636

    Category: Science | History

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by North Atlantic Books
    Jan 09, 2018 | 320 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9781623171643

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    Praise

    “Wolf D. Storl is a much needed voice in our struggling relationship with the earth. With his all-encompassing thinking, he embraces everything that matters for the conservation and protection of bears and our natural world.” 
    —Reno Sommerhalder, bear specialist, author, and conservationist

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