Born in England, raised on the banks of a river in the Sussex
countryside, Jim Scott from a young age developed strong spiritual
connections with the natural realm. He wasn't to understand this
until much later in life when this realization explained the
somewhat unique atavistic philosophies that evolved from his
extensive travels and often ran against the grain of mainstream
thinking.
Mostly working and often living in close proximity with nature he
developed a profound respect for the balance of how life is lived
according to the planet's natural wisdom. This is represented in
his writing where he is not shy to criticize what he considers the
synthetic, artificial worlds of cities, industry and reliance upon
financial success, while advocating environmental causes, bucolic
lifestyles and indigenous groups who yet follow the Old Ways of
natural balance. Such views, backed by extensive and diverse
experience within many realms of human existence and coupled with a
keen interest in the written word created the perfect opportunity
to express what he has seen and believes within his many
fascinating stories, poems and essays.
The list of countries to which Jim has wandered is long: Morocco,
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Peru, Gibraltar, India, Antigua, South Africa,
Portugal, and many, many more where his sojourns were lengthy
enough for adventures to be lived and insightful philosophies
developed from them. It is from such experiences among such
disparate cultures, landscapes, politics and economies that the
stories and verses in his books were forged.
A father of three, Jim now lives in Canada and spends as much time
as he can in the British Virgin Islands where two of his children
were born and where, out of all the places to which he has wandered
and in which he has sojourned, he feels most at home....
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