This article is from Edition 13: Slowing Down
Sam Firman
Written by Sam Firman
John P. Milton
Written by John P. Milton
Published on 16th December 2021
7 min read

Vision quests are ceremonial periods of deep, solitary communion with nature common to various Indigenous cultures. John P. Milton, a revered elder of the environmental movement, thinks they could anchor a new relationship with nature in societies more broadly - especially those disconnected from nature.