The paper examines the transformation of childhood trauma through creative means in the lives of four eminent writers and their profound connection to nature as a sustaining and stabilizing force. Specifically, the paper explores and expands upon Rollo May's (1975) definition of creativity as "the encounter of the intensely conscious human being with his or her world" (p. 54)to suggest that creativity as an agent of change allowed the bringing forth of a new reality which enlarged or heightened awareness through an ecstatic encounter and that this expansion of consciousness enabled each writer to re-create the self in the face of traumatic adversity. Through the process of literary regeneration as ritual the writers Ellen Glasgow, Mary Austin, Louise Bogan and Jack London successfully translated often debilitating embodied memories of child abuse and inner turmoil into opportunities for personal growth and discovery. Additionally, these four eminent writers, through narrative and poetic means, expressed a sense of profound connection to nature that stabilized and sustained them. By opening human perception to the wonders and potentiality of nature, meaningful channels of creative exploration and association were found. For example, the novelist Ellen Glasgow experienced a close attachment to the sensory world as a way to ground herself emotionally, as well as a way to create intent and purpose as a writer. Further, the writer Jack London dreamed of creating an utopian community where his return to the soil would "unite the garden and the machine efficiency of scientific technology without the blight of industrialization" (Johnston, 1984, p. 161). Thus, all four writers appeared to have instinctively embraced the natural realm as an aspect of their own creative regeneration and renewal as well as a vital means of preserving and protecting human and natural habitats. Unlike the chaotic environments of their childhoods, the world of nature calmed and soothed their feelings of inadequacy, anxiety and dread providing stability and predictable patterns of change. In nature, the writers learned to trust as well as extend awareness beyond the personal. Hence, a sense of belonging-ness and existential purpose became essential to transcend and transform their early experiences of traumatic adversity.