Not the physics or ecology, but the poetic imagination of fire. Fire and Respect. Fire and Reverie. Fire and Purity. Now over sixty years old, this short book contains more engaging paragraphs and thoughts about fire than anything before or since.
Fire is thus a privileged phenomenon which can explain anything.
If all that changes slowly may be explained by life, all that changes quickly is explained by fire. Fire is the ultra-living element. It is intimate and it is universal. It lives in our heart. It lives in the sky.