virgin magic

"There is something in the psyche of our post-industrial society that infuses the notion of virgin land with a magical haze. We dream of such places, places that have not been touched by the felling, tilling, paving, civilising hand of humanity. It holds an unmistakeable allure, a fascination that provokes a craving that is deeply instinctive. It is prized like a great treasure. It inspires a yearning desire to hunt it down, to explore it, to discover the nature of its depths, to conquer its challenges, to bathe in its potentials."

(Restall Orr, 2008 p103)

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