Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Homily on the Prologue to the Gospel of St. John
The visible creature is the clothing of the Word, since it makes it openly known by showing us…
Documentation centre
The Silene Documentation Center contains resources and documents about the spiritual and intangible cultural heritage linked to nature and natural heritage, from the local to the international level. Summaries are offered in four languages: English, Spanish, French, and Catalan, although the documents are in the original languages, accompanied by translations, when available.
It is the reference documentation center of the Group Specialist in Cultural and Spiritual Values of the World Commission for Natural Protected Areas, of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
- Information and sensitization
Tools for information, awareness and reflection on the cultural and spiritual values of nature and landscape in various traditions and worldviews. Pedagogical, didactic and training resources that help integrate spiritual values in the conservation of nature, including myths, tales, and legends. - International declarations
Declarations of spiritual, scientific, political or social authorities in relation to the spiritual values of nature and the need to acknowledge them. - Legal documents
Conventions, treaties, laws, regulations of any administrative, national or international scope. - Management documents
Actions that reinforce the preservation and enjoyment of the values of the intangible heritage of nature, in an integrated way with conservation, in all fields, including the evaluation of their effectiveness. Traditional systems of governance of territories and resources. - Planning documents
Plans and programs aimed at the conservation of nature, protected areas, habitats or species, that incorporate the spiritual and cultural dimensions. - Reflections on nature and spirituality
Contributions on the relationship between nature and spirituality, in any of the concepts and the meanings that both may have and in all its manifestations. - Reflections on science and spirituality
Contributions on the relationship between modern science and spirituality, or with the traditional sciences of nature and / or traditional ecological knowledge. - Strategical documents
Guidelines, strategies, recommendations or proposals, from congresses, symposia, seminars, workshops, etc. either international or national - Videographers
Movies, documentaries and interviews - Wisdom quotes
Quotes, aphorisms and advices about Nature from the spiritual Traditions of humankind.
Annick de Souzenelle
Transform the inner cosmos to save the Earth2007
The solution to the ecological crisis is not in an ecology of the horizontal type. At this level…
Bonaventure
The Journey of the Mind to God1259
For one who has the spirit and heart purified by the grace of God and holiness of life,…
Antonio Blay
Personalidad y niveles superiores de conciencia1991
The exterior is a reflection of the interior. In a tree, the fruits sprout from it, come out…
Santificar la Tierra
María Toscano2020
In this brief interview (in Spanish), the philosopher María Toscano, invites us to turn our eyes and illuminate…
Mónica Cavallé
Contemplación y compromiso2017
In contemplative practice we also understand, from the full consciousness of the unity of life, that our transformation…
Meister Eckhart
Meister Eckhart's Sermons1298
God is in all things, he is more intimate to every creature than any of its own parts…
Tatanka Iyotake/ Sitting Bull
Speech at the Powder River Council1877
Each seed is alive and so it is with all presence animated or not; it is by the…
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
On Death and Dying1983
I was in a state of absolute love and admired everything around me. I was in loving communion…
Integrating multiple perspectives on the human-nature relationship: A reply to Fletcher 2017
M. Zylstra, K. Eslerc, A. Knight & L. Le Grange 2018
The concept of “connectedness with nature” is increasingly used in environmental and sustainability discourse. However, this construct has…