Buffalo Dreamer (backorder)
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Buffalo Dreamer is a memoir about a remarkable woman’s lifelong relationship to the land and the Wilderness Vigils she undertook that shaped her life. This memoir was born from Annie Bloom’s deep love and lament for our world, and is a lighthouse for anyone seeking deeper connection to the sacred ground we live on. In her simple, delicious language, Annie Bloom’s stories bless us; they place a spell on us; and lift our spirit towards a fully embodied life.
Buffalo Dreamer: A Lifetime of Wilderness Vigils
A Memoir by Annie Bloom
6×9”, 200 pages
Paperback
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A second printing is underway, and orders on backorder will ship in early February!
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Each chapter in Buffalo Dreamer weaves us through Annie's life and tells a story of her twelve wilderness vigils, exploring her life through deep Earth ceremony. Through her stories, Annie gently teaches us how we can develop a relationship to the land and find our natural residence within ourselves and our communities–by curling up to the other-than-human world, by playing the musical instrument of our being, and by letting ourselves make beauty from our grief.
Annie never says ‘Do this,’ but rather shows us there is a great expanse of possibility where everything can deeply matter, and sacred wisdom is available to each of us.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Annie Bloom lives with her husband Niles in the blessedly quiet bottomlands of the Fremont River in central Utah, where bird songs are the most often heard conversations throughout the day. Annie spends most days outdoors—walking untold miles, guiding people into wild places on spiritual journeys, and tending the land with regenerative, bio-dynamic farming practices, along with being a bee steward. Niles and Annie currently tend the open-hearth fires of Buffalo Dreaming Lodge, where people come to dream, make a vessel from magical micaceous clay or a one-of-a- kind woodworked delight, and share meals made from the good food grown on the land, and the deep stories of our mutual dreaming.
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER RELATIONSHIP: Over the last few years, a mentorship developed between guide Annie Bloom and Roman Gioglio. Roman, a young father, a social worker, and a wise and intuitive seeker, has stayed close to Annie’s teachings and wisdom. It was revealed to him that Annie had birthed a memoir, recalling the story of her life, highlighting especially her relationship to the spiritual quest and nature vigils. The Black Flower team quickly made space for the possibility of publishing Annie’s memoir, and after several meetings, the relationship was solidified, the bridge was built, and the work was underway. Several months and countless hours later, the Black Flower team, led by Roman Gioglio, along with Annie and her partner, Niles, have been able to bring this memoir to its current form. Annie, recalling her own 12 wilderness vigils, decades of labor as a guide, and deep connection to the more-than-human world tells us “all we can do is grieve.” And in doing so, as Martín Pretchel states, we let grief follow its naturally designed direction, “where we eventually create beauty.”
Additional information
| Weight | 1 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 6 × 9 × .75 in |
| Page Count | 220 |
Praise for Buffalo Dreamer
“Annie has written a beautiful and intimate book sharing how nature-based ceremony can so fully support the deepening of our own inherent human nature. In today’s Western world, we are given a cultural message that we are “better than” nature. Annie dropped beneath these cultural messages to reconnect with an intimate relationship with all of life and her own natural magic.”
—Meredith Little, founder of the School of Lost Borders, author of A Love Story
“As I read the chapters of Buffalo Dreamer, I felt myself being drawn into another realm, into the deep wanderings of a soul on her journey to find herself and her purpose in the world. Through this book, Annie invites me into the most intimate, most mysterious explorations told in the mythic language of poetry, visions, and dreams. This deeply personal account leads us through the ‘arched earthen doorway’ of Annie’s own life story, vision quest after vision quest, as she shows us how to listen deeply to the voices of mystery and myth, in dreams and from the more-than-human world as she listens, as she heals old wounds, as she says Yes to the invitations to live into her true vocation. This is a book of courage and healing and wonder and generosity as one woman finds her way to follow her soul’s longing to being a fully whole, wise, and healing presence in this wounded world. Buffalo Dreamer is a book to read slowly, savoring.”
—Wendy Sarno, Writer and Spiritual Guide
“Annie Bloom’s Buffalo Dreamer is a delightful and transparent chronicle of her fascinating life, as told through her numerous times fasting alone in various landscapes. I could not put this book
down. It is superbly written, heartwarming, and needed during a difficult time on our planet. The illustrations included for each chapter are utterly charming, and the icing on the cake of a remarkable book.”
—Barbara Hand Clow, author of Alchemy of Nine Dimensions: Activating
the Full Spectrum of Consciousness
“What a Life Annie has had, that she tells in a lyrical prose that is viscerally emotional and exceptionally accessible. She shows how radical attention to her experiences in intimate encounters with buffalo, fasting alone in wild landscapes, and dream tending moved her life into one of deepest fulfillment, and is distinguished by the avoidance of obscure terminology, rigid
proceduralism, or dogmatic interpretation. Annie confesses she feels she is witnessing the ‘end of Western Civilization.’ Certainly, she is not alone in such a response to our contemporary moment, however, her response is to offer ways of being more present with self, others, and the world—practices that promote more meaningful connections and interconnections, regardless of how catastrophic either personal life or social conditions might become. This is not about ‘fixing’ or salvation. It is about being in more complex relationship with both internal and external events. It is about being as fully alive and ‘of life’ as we can be.”
—Leslie Emery, PhD Mythological Studies
“This memoir is a precious gift of a true nature mystic. Even having heard many of these stories before, I was on the edge of my seat as I read, awaiting the next lyrical, beauty-drenched and authentic stepping stone of a story from a life lived in devotion to this flowering Earth and her complicated human denizens. Annie Bloom has truly ‘walked her talk’ and her soulful and courageous account is blessed encouragement for anyone seeking deeper understanding of themselves, what it means to be fully human, and how facing our fears, shadows, and demons can ultimately set us free. Deep gratitude to her for the honesty with which she lives, the love she sows in the world and with those close to her, and for sharing her stories from across the threshold with us all.
A work of wonder, beauty, and the power of giving one’s life over to a larger calling and to the love of Nature and human nature.”
— Dave Talamo, founder of Wilderness Reflections, MFT, CHT