There are many kinds of revelation. But the most powerful is the vision which transcends the mental boundary between life and non-life, and Scotland is a place where this sort of revelation often approaches. Staring into a Scottish landscape, I have often asked myself why--in spite of all appearances--bracken, rocks, man and sea are at some level one.


Stone Voices: The Search For Scotland (ed. Granta Books, 2014) - ISBN: 9781783780068


There are many kinds of revelation. But the most powerful is the vision which transcends the mental boundary between life and non-life, and Scotland...

There are many kinds of revelation. But the most powerful is the vision which transcends the mental boundary between life and non-life, and Scotland...

There are many kinds of revelation. But the most powerful is the vision which transcends the mental boundary between life and non-life, and Scotland...

There are many kinds of revelation. But the most powerful is the vision which transcends the mental boundary between life and non-life, and Scotland...