
From the review:
“…when I saw the finished product, I was blown away”
“…will anger readers with a strict sense of faith, and provoke those with an interest in exploring outside their own own beliefs”
“…a candid dialogue between three devotees of three very different paths, exploring one of the greatest forces to shape the history of religion: nature itself”
– Drew Jacob
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Pages: 70, Color photos: 39, Audio: 1 hr 12 min
© 2011. All rights reserved.
Recorded with a Blue Yeti microphone on a Macbook
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Much more than a transcript, this is an audio-visual experience. Illustrated with lush full-color photography throughout, and accompanied by audio podcast links, the conversation comes alive. Here’s a screen shot:

On top of that, the conversation is complemented with a selection of Bonus Materials. Check out the Table of Contents:
Introduction
Section I. An Open-air Dialogue in the North Woods
1. Sharing of Paths
2. Three Eyes on Nature
3. Story Time
4. Going Wild
5. Bringing It Home
Section II. Bonus Materials
What is Humanistic Paganism? by B. T. Newberg
The Heroic Life, by Drew Jacob
Oungan François, by Urban Haas
A Review of Drew Jacob’s Walk Like a God, by B. T. Newberg
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What’s your story of an encounter in nature?
Encounters in Nature: An Open-air Dialogue in the North Woods
With Celtic Polytheist Drew Jacob, Vodou Priest Urban Haas, and Humanistic Pagan B. T. Newberg
Author: B. T. Newberg
Pages: 70
Color photos: 39
Audio: 1 hr 12 min
Formats: pdf, epub
Price: Suggested $8
© 2011

The shoreline at sunset
Encounters in Nature: An Open-air Dialogue in the North Woods
with Celtic polytheist Drew Jacob, Vodou priest Urban Haas, and Humanistic Pagan B. T. Newberg
Part 5: Bringing It Home
In today’s segment, the last in a 5-part series, we talk about what sticks with you after return from nature to your daily life.
B. T. promotes valuing nature no matter what others think or say, Urban observes how nature transforms and lifts up the soul, and Drew finds the fruit of living in nature to be none other than confidence and freedom.
All this and a crackling fire today on Encounters in Nature.
And now a question for you:
What do you “bring back” from an experience in nature that sticks with you for the rest of your life?


A grassy marsh amidst the woods
Encounters in Nature: An Open-air Dialogue in the North Woods
with Celtic polytheist Drew Jacob, Vodou priest Urban Haas, and Humanistic Pagan B. T. Newberg
Part 4: Going wild
In today’s segment, part 4 in a 5-part series, the conversation continues as we share our experiences in nature.
Urban shares the strange experience of returning to the city after being in the countryside, B. T. contrasts agriculture land with wilderness, and Drew waxes poetic at how nature gives you everything you need for free.
All this and a crackling fire today on Encounters in Nature.
And now a question for you:
How do you view wild nature?

Drew gazes out over the grassy marsh.
Encounters in Nature: An Open-air Dialogue in the North Woods
with Celtic polytheist Drew Jacob, Vodou priest Urban Haas, and Humanistic Pagan B. T. Newberg
Part 3: Story Time
In today’s segment, part 3 in a 5-part series, we share stories of spiritual experiences in nature.
Urban finds nature in the cityscape, B. T. tells of a nameless presence, and Drew shares what it’s like to eat a turtle foot.
All this and a crackling fire today on Encounters in Nature.
And now a question for you:
What’s your story of an experience in nature?

Urban shares the simple joy of taking his dogs to the dog park.

B. T. Newberg tells a story of the natural wonder of seeds falling from an ivy.
Encounters in Nature: An Open-air Dialogue in the North Woods
with Celtic polytheist Drew Jacob, Vodou priest Urban Haas, and Humanistic Pagan B. T. Newberg
Part 2: Three Eyes on Nature
In today’s segment, the second in a 5-part series, we explore the importance of nature in each of our paths.
Drew explains how everyone is hard-wired to respond to nature, B. T. points out that humans too are a part of nature, and Urban reveals why Vodou is a “full contact religion.”
All this and a crackling fire today on Encounters in Nature.
And now a question for you:
What role does nature play in your spiritual path?

B. T. Newberg takes in the view from a cliff top.