Mykofilia, mykopedagogika i mykoterapia w autobiografii żałobnej Long Litt Woon
Mycophilia, mycopedagogy and mycotherapy in Long Litt Woon’s bereavement-related autobiography

Summary/Abstract: Long Litt Woon is a socioanthropologist and writer born in Malaysia and living in Norway since 1976. In 2017, she published a book titled The Way Through The Woods. On Mushrooms and Mourning. She wrote it after the death of her husband, Eiolf Olsen. The book represents narratives of grief, the authors of which seek consolation in nature. For Long Litt Woon, mushrooms have not only been a symbol of bereavement. The newly-discovered passion gave the young widow a reason to live. In her book, two threads intertwine: the mycological one (description of the Fungi kingdom and of the mu- shroom-picking community) and the one related to mourning (description of a severe trial affecting the physical, mental, and emotional sphere). The socioanthropological and mycotherapeutic perspective is unique, and it distinguishes Long Litt Woon’s narrative from other bereavement-related autobiographies.

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