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New Book! “Thomas Berry, Dreamer of the Earth: The Spiritual Ecology of the Father of Environmentalism”
NEW in January 2011 Thomas Berry, Dreamer of the Earth The Spiritual Ecology of the Father of Environmentalism Edited by Ervin Laszlo Edited by Allan Combs ISBN-13: 978-1-59477-395-2 ISBN: 1-59477-395-5 Quality Paperback — 1/27/11 Page Count: 160; 6.00 (width) … Continue reading
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Angela Manno’s Inspired Art
"The Animal Kingdom" from the All My Relations triptych The title, All My Relations is a Native American prayer expressing the interconnection of all life. The art work is in the shape of a medicine wheel or mandala, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert LaChance, Angela Manno, animals, art, Art and Soul Studio, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, conscious evolution, Doors of Understanding, ecological age, Ewert Cousins, Gaia, Great Work, James Lovelock, Joanna Macy, Jonah, mandala, medicine wheel, NASA Smithsonian, painting, picturing the ecological age, Quaker, School of the Spirit, Seven Pillars House of Wisdom, Teilhard, Thomas Berry, unity, Universe Story
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What does Ecozoic mean?
The term "Ecozoic era" was coined by Thomas Berry in conversation with Brian Swimme for their book The Universe Story in order to describe the geologic era that Earth is entering – when humans live in a mutually enhancing relationship … Continue reading
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Reinventing the Human
by Allysyn Kiplinger Earth created the human creature and endowed it with certain capacities, like language acquisition and creation, problem-solving for survival, bonding with friends and family, as well as its physiology. For the last 12,000 to 50,000 years, maybe … Continue reading
A Few Thanksgiving Thoughts from TB
Thomas says: I think the Iroquois thanksgiving ceremony is one of the greatest of all religious festivals. The Iroquois remember and thank fifteen or more specialized powers, including the water, the rain, the wind, the earth, the trees. This is … Continue reading
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?The Dream of the Earth in Spanish? Si!
I heard good gossip tonight at the Teilhard Conference that a Spanish language Dream of the Earth is in the works. Fantastic. Check back in a year or two – it is a big project!
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Groping Our Way Toward A New Geologic Era
by Allysyn Kiplinger, Spring 2010 1. Introduction The Universe gropes its way forward in fits-and-starts, progressing by trial and error through a multiplicity of attempts and efforts, moving in many directions as it looks for a breakthrough, for a leap … Continue reading
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Tagged Age of Man, Age of Mind, Allysyn Kiplinger, Anthropocene epoch, Anthropozoic era, deep time, Era of Mind, etymology, geologic era, geology, history of Ecozoic, Joseph Le Conte, psychozoic era, Teilhard
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