5 days ago3 minFantasy & HistoryWhat’s The Magical Feeling of “Taking In” The Trees?We bring our experiences of forests with us into the text, video game, D&D session, movie, etc., involving a feeling - Waldeinsamkeit.
Jan 234 minFantasy & HistoryFairy Forests: The Victorian World Turned Upside DownVictorian Europe rediscovered the forests and then re-enchanting them by filling them with a safe, fun world of fairies.
Jan 164 minFantasy & History“Down with Industry!” The Two Movements That Saved Europe's Beautiful Forests for FantasyRomanticism and Transcendentalism reacted to the rationality of modernity and created a new perspective on the beauty and power of forests.
Jan 94 minFantasy ForestsHow Modern Industry and Reason Nearly Killed the Fantasy Forest The modern world caused people to stop being afraid of forests. Reason and science disenchanted them, industry caused people to move away.