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Schumacher College, based near Totnes in Devon, England, opened its
doors in the early 1990s and is now an internationally-renowned
centre for transformative learning on all aspects of sustainable
living. James Lovelock led the first course on Gaia theory. A host
of visionary thinkers has followed, including mathematician and
biologist Brian Goodwin, who died in 2009. This book is a
realisation of his vision for Schumacher College to publish a
collection of essays on sustainable solutions to the current global
crisis. Themes include the importance of education, science,
Transition thinking, economics, energy sources, business and
design, in the context of philosophy, spirituality and mythology.
The contributors include Satish Kumar, Jules Cashford, Fritjof
Capra, Rupert Sheldrake, James Lovelock, Peter Reason, Gideon
Kossoff, Craig Holdrege, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Colin Tudge, Nigel
Topping and many others. This book is essential reading for anyone
concerned about the future of our society and the environment.
A bold exploration of the reintegration of rationality and
intuition, science and soul, to foster individual and planetary
healing During the scientific revolution, science and soul were
drastically separated, propelling humanity into four centuries of
scientific exploration based solely on empiricism and rationality.
But, as scientist and ecologist Stephan Harding, Ph.D.,
demonstrates in detail, by reintegrating science with profound
personal experiences of psyche and soul, we can reclaim our lost
sacred wholeness and help heal ourselves and our planet. The book
begins with compelling introductions to depth psychology, alchemy,
and Gaia theory--the science of seeing the Earth as an intelligent,
self-regulating system, a theory pioneered by the author's mentor
James Lovelock. Harding then explores how alchemy, as understood
through the depth psychology of C. G. Jung, offers us powerful
methods of reuniting rationality and intuition, science and soul.
He examines the integration of important alchemical engravings,
including those from L'Azoth des Philosophes and the Rosarium
Philosophorum, with Gaian science. He shows how the seven key
alchemical operations in the Azoth image can help us develop deeply
transformative experiences and insights into our interconnectedness
with Gaia. He then looks at how the four components of the living
Earth--biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere--mesh
not only with the four elements of alchemical theory but also with
the four functions of consciousness from depth psychology. Woven
throughout with the author's own experiences of Gaia alchemy, the
book also offers guided meditations and contemplative exercises to
open your receptivity to messages from the biosphere and help you
develop your own Gaian alchemical way of life, full of wonder and
healing.
Nautilus Award Silver Medal Winner, Ecology & Environment In
search of a new story for our place on earth Being Salmon, Being
Human examines Western culture's tragic alienation from nature by
focusing on the relationship between people and salmon-weaving
together key narratives about the Norwegian salmon industry as well
as wild salmon in indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest.
Mueller uses this lens to articulate a comprehensive critique of
human exceptionalism, directly challenging the
four-hundred-year-old notion that other animals are nothing but
complicated machines without rich inner lives and that Earth is a
passive backdrop to human experience. Being fully human, he argues,
means experiencing the intersection of our horizon of understanding
with that of other animals. Salmon are the test case for this.
Mueller experiments, in evocative narrative passages, with
imagining the world as a salmon might see it, and considering how
this enriches our understanding of humanity in the process. Being
Salmon, Being Human is both a philosophical and a narrative work,
rewarding readers with insightful interpretations of major
philosophers-Descartes, Heidegger, Abram, and many more-and
reflections on the human-Earth relationship. It stands alongside
Abram's Spell of the Sensuous and Becoming Animal, as well as
Andreas Weber's The Biology of Wonder and Matter and
Desire-heralding a new "Copernican revolution" in the fields of
biology, ecology, and philosophy.
In Animate Earth Stephan Harding explores how Gaian science can
help us to develop a sense of connectedness with the
'more-than-human' world. His work is based on careful integration
of rational scientific analysis with our intuition, sensing and
feeling - a vitally important task at this time of severe
ecological and climate crisis. Stephan Harding replaces the cold,
objectifying language of science with a way of speaking of our
planet as a sentient, living being rather than as a dead, inert
mechanism. For example, chemical reactions are described using
metaphors from human life, such as marriage, attraction, repulsion
etc., so as to bring personality back into the world of rocks,
atmosphere, water and living things. In this sense, the book is a
contemporary attempt to rediscover anima mundi (the soul of the
world) through Gaian science, whilst assuming no prior knowledge of
science. Animate Earth argues that we need to establish a right
relationship with the planet as a living entity in which we are
indissolubly embedded - and to which, in the final analysis, we are
all accountable. The book inspires the reader to connect with a
profound sense of the intrinsic value of the Earth, and to discover
what it means to live as harmoniously as possible within a sentient
creature of planetary proportions. This expanded second edition
includes a new chapter on fungi, new contemplative exercises and an
update on the global climate situation. The DVD of the Animate
Earth film is available through animateearth.com. Presented by Dr
Stephan Harding, it features interviews with leading
environmentalists, scientists and spiritual leaders, including
Brian Goodwin, Iain McGilchrist, Fritjof Capra, Vandana Shiva,
Jules Cashford and Satish Kumar.
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