The Sacred Garden

The Sacred Garden is, first of all, a children’s story. It is meant to be read with warmth, wonder and the kind of gentle attention that belongs to bedtime, quiet afternoons and shared imagination.

Children do not only learn through instruction. They learn through image, rhythm, repetition, character and feeling. Long before a child can explain what a story means, they can sense whether it feels safe, beautiful, frightening, hopeful or true.

Fairy tales survive because they speak a language older than explanation. They do not need to be realistic in order to be true. Their truth is symbolic, emotional and archetypal.

Every generation needs stories. But each generation also needs stories that speak to the particular pressures and possibilities of its time.