D. Firth Griffith

Sacred Ecologist, Storyteller

Firth is an award-winning author of five books, educator, international speaker, and pioneer in the kincentric rewilding landscape.

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Happily (re)learning what it means to be human. Essays, podcasts, books, live conversations, and more!

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Essays & 5 award-winning books on eco-mythology & fiction.

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A Wandering Celt

He walks the dreams of his ancestors, stumbling often but attempting to be an honorable heir in a world on the edge.

Firth's Latest book

The Plain of Pillars

From the award-winning author of Wild Like Flowers and Stagtine comes a bold and subversive retelling of Celtic mythology, a clever reimagining of the ancient stories of Irish lore and legends.

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Upcoming Course

Kincentric Table, April 2025

What if the husbandman became the hunter? What if the field harvest erupted as a ceremonial and kincentric art?

Learn the sacred art of the field harvest and finer processing of your provisons in The Wildland's state of the art facility in Virginia!

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Unshod Podcast

Long-form conversation about relearning the kinship worldview with author, horse-drawn woodwright, and renowned storyteller, D. Firth Griffith. This is not about saving the world. This has everything to do with leaving the right kind of tracts in the mud.

Who I am

reBecoming an Earthling

D. Firth Griffith walks the dreams of his ancestors, stumbling often but attempting to be an honorable heir in a world on the edge. Today, he is Wingina, the past, present, and future land of the Monacan People.

He is a father, horse-drawn woodwright, magikal storyteller, and award-winning indie author of five books on kincentric rewilding and eco-mythology. His latest book, The Plain of Pillars, is an epic novel and daring retelling of Celtic Mythology.

He is the co-founder of Timshel Wildland, a kincentric rewilding and relational conservation project in Virginia, raising cattle, goats, sheep, and wild children with our community. He is the Founder of The Robinia Group, once a Savory Institute Hub and now a center for kinship.

He is the host of Unshod, a weekly long-form conversation podcast, and writes regularly on Substack under the same name, Unshod. He has published articles, short stories, poems, and critical essays for Resilience.org, Permaculture Research Institute, Front Porch Republic, and the Stockman Grass Farmer, among others.

Daniel lives in Virginia with his wife and three children.

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