Wild Enchantments in the Anthropocene : Exploring the Wild in Narratives, Practices and Place in Dark Green Spirituality

Sammanfattning: This thesis is ta study of the intersection between dark green spirituality and the green movement in relation to climate change and ecological crisis, and it explores how some ecologically concerned people try to orientate themselves in facing the challenges and especially the role of spirituality in this context. The study is set in the period 2009–2015, and it is based in fieldwork conducted in Devon and Dartmoor, UK. The work relates to the scholarly approaches to the geological epoch the Anthropocene. The theoretical framework relates to enchantment as a complex mood (Bennett). Based on the study a view of ‘wild enchantments’ is chiselled out, examples of various ways to cultivate wild enchantments or to work with wonder, and wounds is given. ‘Wild enchantments’ is an invitation to wild places; it is an encounter with the riddling power of the Anthropocene.