I live in a holy place. Considered sacred from as far back as the Bronze Age, it is likely Saint Francis of Assisi rested here as he took the paths through the valley and up the mountains. Where he walked is known by the creatures, the birds he preached to and the wild wolf he tamed.

He called the earth Mother, and praised God for all of creation. This sense of sacred presence still lives on.

Everyone who visits here says it’s paradise.

While walking the Way of St. Francis in Italy, Lucinda encountered an abandoned monastic homestead nestled in the Tuscan countryside. Along the path, she came upon a freshly gathered bouquet of wildflowers – though no one was there. Who could have left them? In that quiet moment, she felt unmistakably that the land was calling her to stay.

In The Green Soul, bestselling spiritual writer Lucinda M. Vardey offers an unforgettable field guide to the wisdom of the wild. Drawing on two decades of retreat work and contemplative life in an ancient Tuscan valley, ecological research, and luminous nature encounters, she shows how rewilding our spirituality restores enchantment, purpose, and a collective consciousness the world urgently needs.

A gentle, urgent invitation to come home to the earth.

Find your green soul in this luminous field guide to belonging, wonder, and practical spiritual awakening.