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Jack Bishop's avatar

A great read. I have also been thinking about underworlds, having recently written an essay on the book H is for Hawk - perhaps you've heard of it - which chronicles such a journey, arising from bereavement and grief. We each have an underworld within us into which we must descend at certain times in our lives, and hope we can come back as more than what we were before. It does seem to be a place of profound transformation, as you write.

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Gabriela Gutierrez's avatar

Indeed. And thank you for bringing Helen Macdonald's book back onto my horizon. It kept catching my eye at my university library. I really must get a copy. Hope your Underworld ponderings bear fruit (though not Underworld fruit ;) )

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Jack Bishop's avatar

It's one of my favourite books. Well worth a read.

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Gabriela Gutierrez's avatar

That all sounds deeply initiatory. It makes me long even more for spaces where these rites of passage can be held and honoured. I hope that all the material that has been working you will end up feeding your new character, both Julia and your soul self. Much love.

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