Sophie Strand

The Flowering Wand is a deep exploration of the regenerative and magical secrets of sacred masculinity hidden in familiar myths both ancient and modern. This book reveals the restorative fungi archetype of Osiris, the Orphic mysteries as an underground mycelium linking forests and people, how Dionysus teaches us about invasive species and playful sexuality, and the ecology of Jesus as...

Mary Magdalene’s confessions reveal a sensual world of love and betrayal, magic and mystery, hidden within the Gospels. Rerooting Mary Magdalene and Jesus in the lush ecology and complex spiritual culture of Second Temple Period Judea and Galilee under Roman rule, The Madonna Secret invites readers into a rewilded view of the Gospels. Experience the forgotten voices of defiant and...

In this lyrical, radically expansive self-portrait, celebrated poet, author, and lecturer Sophie Strand explores—with searing insight and honesty—the intersecting spaces of her own chronic illness, the complex ecology of a changing world, and the very nature of the stories we tell ourselves. At age sixteen, Sophie Strand—bright, agile, fearless—is suddenly beset by unexplained, debilitating illness while on a family trip...