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Heaven is my father and the Earth is my mother, and even such a small creature as I,…
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Heaven is my father and the Earth is my mother, and even such a small creature as I,…
When your tongue is silent, you can rest in the silence of the forest. When your imagination is…
Ask the beauty of the earth; ask the beauty of the sea, ask the beauty of dilated and…
This post introduces us to Turgoyak lake, Russia, an outstanding sacred natural site of the Urals threatened by…
Thre is no traditional doctrine which does not teach that this world is a world of symbols…. Symbolism…
In the wake of the promulgation of Laudato si’, Pope Francis’ 2015 landmark encyclical on our relationship with…
What are the provisions that require the initiation of the poet, of the lover of nature? A long,…
My Beloved is the mountains, The solitary wooded valleys, The strange islands, The roaring torrents, The whisper of…
This essay explores the Perennial Philosophy, which – prior to the scientific revolution – sustained and nourished a…
Outwardly, creatures are an illusion; but, inwardly, they are an admonition. Thus, the soul looks at the illusory…