“Ghost of the future!” he exclaimed. “I fear you more than any specter I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you company and do it with a thankful heart.”

Module Four: Stave 4

In preparation for this week's material, please read Stave 4 of A Christmas Carol.

After you have completed the above, choose one of the the following:

Podcast: “Robert Macfarlane: The Hidden Human Depths of the Underland” on the OnBeing Podcast
Poem: “In a Dark Time” by Theodore Rothke

Video: “Deep Time” by The Bookshop Band

We wrote this song for the launch of Underland by Robert Macfarlane, performed first at Daunt Books on the 2nd May, but we ran out of time to set up a camera to film it, so here it is a few days later, performed during a concert up in our home, Wigtown, the Book Town of Scotland in the back room of The Old Bank Bookshop.

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