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Описание: Do you love the dark? Do you yearn for sunset and the amber glow of a fire with the night growing deeper, more inspiring all around you? Most of us don't - though our ancestors through all of history have lived by firelight, moonlight, starlight... until the modern era of light at the flick of a switch. But there's a world out there of sheer, unadulterated magic that is only revealed when we put aside the lights and the phones and the torches and step out into the night - as this week's guest has done.

Leigh Ann Henion is the New York Times bestselling author of Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark and Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World. Her writing has appeared in Smithsonian, National Geographic, The Washington Post, Backpacker, The American Scholar, and a variety of other publications. She is a former Alicia Patterson Fellow, and her work has been supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Henion lives in Boone, North Carolina.

Wall Street Journal says of this book. "Lovely…truly inspired…and very clever…An appreciation of nature’s nocturnal organisms can help us reset our relationship with the night…That’s the gift of Night Magic: It may make you think differently about the night."

00:00 Unlocking the Secrets of Night Vision
00:54 Welcome to the Accidental Ghost Podcast
01:25 Exploring the Depths of a Stunning Book
02:25 The Wonders of Night Blooming Flowers
04:15 Discovering the Hidden World of Darkness
13:07 The Magic of Fireflies and Night Creatures
16:02 The Impact of Light Pollution
18:48 Personal Encounters with Nocturnal Wildlife
21:23 Inspiring Change Through Darkness
31:03 The Importance of Darkness
32:36 Artificial Light and Human Behavior
33:45 Technology and Environmental Challenges
34:22 Impact of Light on Communication
37:04 Personal Reflections on Darkness
38:08 Adapting to Natural Light Cycles
42:00 The Human Connection to Fire
46:47 Reclaiming Darkness in Modern Life
56:06 The Future of Darkness Awareness

Leigh Ann's Website https://leighannhenion.com/
Night Magic book (UK): https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/night...