A Memoir of Interspecies Communication, Nomadic Living, and Mystical Journeys
When I was a little girl, I didn’t care much for the company of other children, preferring that of plants, hills, rocks, and bugs. I grew up in New Caledonia, where some plants react when caressed and others eat flesh—so of course, I learned early that plants are sentient, and that they have much to say if we know how to listen.
In my early forties, I thought I had it all—a stable marriage, a clear career path in geophysics—until one small out-of-body experience turned my entire worldview upside down.
Who was this “I” that could step outside my body? What, exactly, was real?
I had to find out, and so I dove down the rabbit hole. In search of truth, self, and a...
Maya Wyld is a modern-day digital-nomad, storyteller, and explorer of both wild landscapes and inner worlds. A trained geologist with a lifelong curiosity for the natural world, she writes where science, spirit, and adventure meet. When she’s not writing, she’s roaming in her beloved Catmobile, listening to trees, making chocolate, or traveling the world. She is the author of Crazy Free and Once, When I Was Tree.
Maya Wyld is a modern-day digital-nomad, storyteller, and explorer of both wild landscapes and inner worlds. A trained geologist with a lifelong curiosity for the natural world, she writes where science, spirit, and adventure meet. When she’s not writing, she’s roaming in her beloved Catmobile, listening to trees, making chocolate, or traveling the world. She is the author of Crazy Free and Once, When I Was Tree.
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