{"product_id":"9781776191284","title":"Black Lion - Alive In The Wilderness","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilderness guide Sicelo Mbatha shares lessons learnt from a lifetime's intimate association with Africa's wildest nature.\u003cbr\u003eBlack Lion begins in rural South Africa where a deeply traumatic childhood experience - he witnessed his cousin being dragged away by a crocodile - should have turned Sicelo against the surrounding wilderness. Instead, he was irresistibly drawn to it. As a volunteer at Imfolozi Nature Reserve, close encounters with buffalo, lion, elephant and other animals taught him to 'see' with his heart and thus began a spiritual awakening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing from his Zulu culture and his own yearning to better understand human's relationship to nature, Sicelo has forged a new path, disrupting the conventional approach to nature with an immersive, respectful and transformative way of being in the wilderness. Both memoir and philosophical reflection, Black Lion - co-written with environmentalist Bridget Pitt - is his brilliant and profound account of life as a wilderness spiritual guide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs humanity hurtles into the anthropogenic 21st century, Black Lion is an urgent reminder of just how much we need wilderness for our emotional and spiritual survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Sicelo+Mbatha\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eSicelo Mbatha\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Bridget+Pitt\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eBridget Pitt\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sicelo Mbatha,Bridget Pitt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379455770787,"sku":"9781776191284","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781776191284_7a420690-5eaf-43cd-a764-2f8443ab2cc3.jpg?v=1776580926","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781776191284","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}