We discuss the theme of the Forest, its primeval significance in the cultural imaginary, and in relation to two works; the anti-war science fiction novel 'The Word for World is Forest' by Ursula K. Le Guin (1971), and the political essay 'The Forest Passage' (1951) by Ernst Jünger. Featuring a feral woman living in the French countryside, Cathars, Quietism, and tick bites.