Printed book: $34.00

Ruth Ammann

The Enchantment of Gardens

A Psychological Approach

English translation by Mark Kyburz and John Peck

168 pages, ISBN 3-85630-724-9 / 978-3-85630-724-0, Daimon

A garden is a very special place with many faces, and it can lead us to previously unknown worlds. Anyone involved with gardens knows how they can touch our souls in countless ways. Garden and soul comprise a kind of secret ’in-between-world,’ a space between the light and the dark, culture and nature, conscious and unconscious, spirit and body – a space that has an irresistible attraction for us.

Ancient wisdom tells us that gardens have a healing, nourishing effect on the human soul and body. The garden belongs to the great archetype of life and is one of the few big archetypal images that are experienced primarily as positive. This positive experience is significant because the garden is a part of the natural and cultural human environment, and thus particularly influential in the interaction between human beings and their environment.

This delightful book invites us to see and experience in new ways the abundance and variety of gardens and their influence on our inner life.