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As in the Heart, So in the Earth: Reversing the
Desertification of the Soul and the Soil by Pierre Rabhi (foreword by Yehudi Menuhin) ISBN: 1-59477-081-6 RRP: $29.95, Our price: $26.95 |
The world’s
leading expert on reversing soil desertification shows how ecology can
flourish only when spiritual elements are present: • Uses a parable from the African oral tradition to provide a living testimony of what has been lost with the rise of modern technology • Provides a vital account of the strong relationship between soil and soul and how this relationship can be restored As in the Heart, So in the Earth is a strong indictment of a civilization that, while seeking domination over the earth, mutilates, tortures, and desacralizes it. For Pierre Rabhi ecology is inseparable from spirituality. He shows how the growing desertification of North Africa is a reflection of the “desert” that is claiming the hearts and souls of the inhabitants of the Western world--how dead soil is mirrored in our deadened souls--and how reconciliation with Mother Earth must be accompanied by relearning our ancestors’ reverence for the soil. Using a traditional African parable grounded in the very wisdom of the earth, Pierre Rabhi seeks to initiate the reader into a time when the people that dwelled on this planet did so harmoniously and could converse easily with the land. Village elder Tyemoro recounts the gradual destruction of his village’s culture and all that has sustained it as the miracles promised by modern technology brought more harm than good. This same drama is recurring throughout the world, where indigenous value systems that have endured for millennia are torn apart by contact with modern civilization. Yet Rahbi offers hope--if those in the modern world will stop to hear the words of their ancestors who worked the land, for our destiny is linked irrevocably to that of the earth. |
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A New Covenant with Nature by Richard Heinberg ISBN: 0-8336-0746-1 Remaindered hardcover w/dustjacket $16 First edition, now Out of Print |
A New Covenant
With Nature addresses such vital questions as "Has modern
civilization really improved human life?"; "Is money
evil?"; "Is government necessary?"; and "What can we
each do to renew our connection with all that is wild, generative, and
free?". Ecophilosopher Richard Heinberg"s A New Covenant With
Nature is a radical and thought-provoking book providing perception and
refreshing insight with wit, insight, and well articulated observations.
Each culture, Heinberg shows, makes a covenant or agreement with nature.
Our culture's agreement is obviously crumbling. If we are to create a
new covenant, we must begin by rethinking the gives of society from the
ground up, or even, quietly, desert the existing social system and help
birth a better. one. A New Covenant With Nature is fascinating,
thoughtful, and thought-provoking reading. A "must" for anyone
concerned with the problems of the impact on ecology by 20th century
industrial, cultural, and political values. |
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Wisdom of the Elders by Peter Knudtson & David Suzuki ISBN: 1-86373-250-0 Used copy of 1992 edition $6 in good condition. Paperback (item 15074) Used copy of 1992 edition is almost new condition $10 (item 24356) Please note: cover differs from that shown. |
David Suzuki and
Peter Knudtson's volume exploring the relationships between humans,
nature and the environment from the perspectives of both Western science
and the age-old wisdom of indigenous peoples around the world. Wisdom of the Elders is the first book to explore the beliefs about the delicate relationships between humans, nature and the environment held by two traditions commonly thought to be diametrically opposed: Western science and the age-old wisdom of indigenous peoples around the world. In this unique volume, acclaimed science writers Peter Knudtson and David Suzuki have collected and preserved native peoples' profound ecological wisdom about our universe, our planet, and our physical and spiritual lives. The authors have gathered sacred stories and traditions from the Elders; from the Inuit Arctic to the Australian outback, the tropics of Africa, Malaysia and the Amazon to the continent of north America. Here are tales of profound human empathy with and respect for animals, landscapes, plants and natural forces vital to our survival. Each selection conveys a wonderful sense of the diverstiy and unity of indigenous peoples' intellectual and experiential insights into the workings of nature. Valuable in their own right, these vignettes also provide the foundations for a new global environmental ethic. Most important of all for the shared future of our planet, these 'sacred ecologies', when juxtaposed with the ideas of some of the wisest and most respected scientists of our time - Albert Einstein, Alan Guth, Santiago Ramon y Cajal, Loren Eisley, Paul Erlich and many more - hold much in common with aspects of modern science. |