Thomas Traherne
Centuries of Meditation1908
The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of…
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.
Titus Burckhardt
Mirror of the Intellect1987
The spiritual contemplation of nature, which perceives, through the fundamental and permanent forms, their prototypes and their eternal…
Chief Seattle / Seathl
From the speech of Chief Seathl / Ted Perry1854
All things are connected, like the blood that unites our family. Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does it to himself.
Rachel Carston
The Sense of Wonder1998
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us,…
Marie-Madeleine Davy
La Montagne et sa symbolique1996
In the mystery of eternity, the experience of a bliss, even a passing one, extends to all human…
Irenaeus of Lyon
The initial step for a soul to come to knowledge of God is contemplation of nature.
Hildegard von Bingen
Liber Scivias1150
All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance, emerging from God like the rays of…
Plato
Plato's Best Thoughts
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
Leo Shaya
The Universal Meaning of the Kabbalah1973
All creation is an illusory projection of the transcendental aspects of God in the mirror of its immanence….Illusion…
Ibrahim Özdemir
Environmental Ethics from a Qur'anic Perspective2003
The Qur’an’s emphasis on the sacred and methaphysical dimension of the universe should lead to a change in…