The Voice of the Infinite in the Small: Re-Visioning the Insect-Human Connection

Should we have compassion and respect for creeping, buzzing, stinging creatures? Joanne Lauck says yes—and challenges the reader to view six- and eight-legged beings as messengers, guides, initiatory figures, and friends. Drawing on myth, touching and funny anecdotes, Native American wisdom, and science, Lauck shows how we can live in harmony with insects, healing an inner aspect of ourselves in the process.

Joanne Elizabeth Lauck is a writer, an environmental educator, an inner-city high school teacher, a wildlife rehabilitator, and the founder and director of Catalyst, a nonprofit organization created to provide at-risk teens with unorthodox opportunities for personal growth and empowerment. Her writing consistently focuses on the healing potential of the human-animal bond, and she is currently working on a series of children's books based on her elementary school elective called "Thinking Like a Bug." She has presented her work with insects at conferences throughout the United States and Canada.