Madness, Shapechanging, and Art in Terri Windling’s The Wood Wife
by Niko Silvester with art by Brian Froud Introduction In popular thought, if not always in fact, shamanism is associated with altered states of consciousness and borderline madness, with shapechanging and otherworldly journeys, with creativity and genius. Terri Windling’s novel The Wood Wife weaves these elements into the story of a woman who meets spirits […]