After introducing the concept of the birthing pool in the 1970s,
Michel Odent has continuously expanded his interest in the
mysterious connections between humans and water. In Planet Ocean he
shows that the evolution of the oceans - particularly the
fluctuations of sea levels - and the evolution of humans are
inseparable. The oceans are the givers and sustainers of life,
holding ninety-five per cent of the planet's habitable space within
their immense depths. Odent steers us towards a radically new
vision of human nature. Our defining feature - a supersized brain -
becomes a leitmotif that enables links between topics as diverse as
our nutritional needs, our relationship with sea mammals, and the
way members of our species give birth. He relates 'transcendent
emotional states' with what the French writer Romain Rolland
referred to as 'the oceanic feeling' - both suggesting the absence
of limits. Access to such states can be associated with, for
example, a 'foetus ejection reflex'. This leads to the
extraordinary conclusion that swimming - as learnt behaviour among
humans - the birth process and access to transcendence are
interrelated topics for students of human nature. Planet Ocean is a
fascinating interdisciplinary study that demonstrates our manifold
connections to water and suggests their relevance to everyday life.
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