'This is an interesting and unusual book, as the conflicts between faith and Romanticism are full of complexities ... Strachan unearths some interesting literary correlations between the poetry of the Romantics and the poetry of the Bible, and if he is a little too dependent on the critiques of others he nonetheless has some worthwhile things to say.' -- The Herald, Saturday 11th October 2008 'The sheer force of the Romantic and ecological message carries through to us over the centuries and is urgently needed today. Prophets of Nature is well worth reading and often deeply inspiring.' -- Jean Hardy, GreenSpirit Journal 'This book is about the essentially mystical experience of the spirit of nature as well as the spirits in nature and of the Creator Spirit, based on the traditional idea that nature was the second Bible ... The lesson for today is that without a redevelopment of our sympathetic imagination we are unlikely to be able to turn around our exploitative attitude to nature.' -- David Lorimer, Scientific and Medical Network Review 'Argues that the great English artists, poets and writers experienced the divine through nature and expressed it in their work ... and the intellectual Enlightenment rediscovered the ancient pagan spirit that was enshrined in the natural world. Highly recommended.' -- The Cauldron, February 2008 'One man's impassioned response to great works of art.' -- The Fortean Times, May 2009 'The sheer force of the Romantic and ecological message carries through to us over the centuries, and is urgently needed today. This book is well worth reading and is often deeply inspiring: it's great that it has appeared now.' -- Dr Jean Hardy, The Gatekeeper 'Gordon Strachan has demonstrated that we should not give up on Western spirituality. There are still deep refreshing springs in the West which have not dried up but which need to be rediscovered. We have a rich heritage of environmental concern going back, as far as the Romantics are concerned, nearly two hundred and fifty years. We must heed their vision.' -- Hugo Jenks, New Vision 'Offers distinctive insights into religion and culture in early modern Britain.' -- Brian Cooper, The Baptist Times