The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. First edition (stated). Octavo in black DJ, deckled edges, xx, 396 pages; 24 cm. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to fore-edges, bright pages in tight binding, sunned DJ spine, faint soiling to DJ, extremely gentle rubbing to DJ spine foot, else Near Fine(+) in Near Fine(-) DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060172091

DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. Starting from the premise that we can no longer afford to live in a disenchanted world, Moore shows that a profound, enchanted engagement with life is not a childish thing to be put away with adulthood, but a necessity for one's personal and collective survival. With his lens focused on specific aspects of daily life such as clothing, food, furniture, architecture, ecology, language, and politics, Moore describes the renaissance these can undergo when there is a genuine engagement with beauty, craft, nature, and art in both private and public life. Contents: Nature -- Home -- Habitat -- World -- Psyche -- Art -- Word -- Sacred -- Ritual -- Spirits. Spiritual life, Magic, Nature -- Religious aspects.