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science and spirituality --- science and religion --- mysticism --- nature --- quantum consciousness --- planetary consciousness --- geosthetics --- the direct-intuitive-nonlocal mind --- entropy --- negentropy --- moral imagination --- inner evolution --- worldshift --- spiritual practices --- healing

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This colorful, richly textured account of spiritual training and practice within an American Indian social network emphasizes narrative over analysis. Thomas Buckley's foregrounding of Yurok narratives creates one major level of dialogue in an innovative ethnography that features dialogue as its central theoretical trope. Buckley places himself in conversation with contemporary Yurok friends and elders, with written texts, and with twentieth-century anthropology as well. He describes Yurok Indian spirituality as "a significant field in which individual and society meet in dialogue-cooperating, resisting, negotiating, changing each other in manifold ways. 'Culture,' here, is not a thing but a process, an emergence through time."

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In this innovative and deeply felt work, Bron Taylor examines the evolution of "green religions" in North America and beyond: spiritual practices that hold nature as sacred and have in many cases replaced traditional religions. Tracing a wide range of groups-radical environmental activists, lifestyle-focused bioregionalists, surfers, new-agers involved in "ecopsychology," and groups that hold scientific narratives as sacred-Taylor addresses a central theoretical question: How can environmentally oriented, spiritually motivated individuals and movements be understood as religious when many of them reject religious and supernatural worldviews? The "dark" of the title further expands this idea by emphasizing the depth of believers' passion and also suggesting a potential shadow side: besides uplifting and inspiring, such religion might mislead, deceive, or in some cases precipitate violence. This book provides a fascinating global tour of the green religious phenomenon, enabling readers to evaluate its worldwide emergence and to assess its role in a critically important religious revolution.

Nature --- Nature worship. --- Religious aspects. --- dark green religion. --- eco psychology. --- environmentalism. --- globalization. --- green religion phenomenon. --- green religions. --- innovative. --- lifestyle focused bioregionalists. --- nature. --- new age. --- new religions. --- non traditional religions. --- north america. --- passion. --- planetary future. --- radical environmental activism. --- radical environmentalism. --- religion. --- religious revolution. --- religious studies. --- sacred. --- spiritual practices. --- spirituality. --- supernatural. --- surfers. --- terrapolitan earth religion. --- violence. --- Nature worship --- Religious aspects

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New Age movement --- History --- 298.9 --- Aquarian Age movement --- Cults --- Social movements --- Occultism --- Recente niet-christelijke of afgeleid-christelijke religies; New Age --- 298.9 Recente niet-christelijke of afgeleid-christelijke religies; New Age --- Movements, Social --- Social history --- Social psychology --- New Age movement - History - 20th century. --- New Age --- spirituality --- spiritual practices --- healing --- counterculture --- contemporary Western culture --- alternative spirituality --- Rosicrucianism --- occultism --- Alice bailey --- doomsday scenarios --- revelation --- apocalypse --- millennial Christianity --- UFO groups --- extreme religious ascetism --- history

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Motivated variously by the desire to reject consumerism, to live closer to the earth, to embrace voluntary simplicity, or to discover a more spiritual path, homesteaders have made the radical decision to go "back to the land," rejecting modern culture and amenities to live self-sufficiently and in harmony with nature. Drawing from vivid firsthand accounts as well as from rich historical material, this gracefully written study of homesteading in America from the late nineteenth century to the present examines the lives and beliefs of those who have ascribed to the homesteading philosophy, placing their experiences within the broader context of the changing meanings of nature and religion in modern American culture. Rebecca Kneale Gould investigates the lives of famous figures such as Henry David Thoreau, John Burroughs, Ralph Borsodi, Wendell Berry, and Helen and Scott Nearing, and she presents penetrating interviews with many contemporary homesteaders. She also considers homesteading as a form of dissent from consumer culture, as a departure from traditional religious life, and as a practice of environmental ethics.

Nature and civilization --- Country life --- Spirituality --- Nature --- Civilization and nature --- Civilization --- Philosophy of nature --- Religion and science --- Religious aspects. --- Religious interpretations --- United States --- Religious life and customs. --- Country life -- Religious aspects.. --- Nature -- Religious aspects.. --- Spirituality -- United States.. --- Country life -- United States.. --- Nature and civilization -- United States.. --- United States -- Religious life and customs. --- 19th century. --- 20th century. --- america. --- american culture. --- back to the land. --- close to earth. --- environmental ethics. --- faith and spirituality. --- firsthand accounts. --- helen nearing. --- henry david thoreau. --- homesteaders. --- homesteading philosophy. --- interviews. --- john burroughs. --- living in nature. --- living simply. --- modern homesteading. --- nature and religion. --- nonfiction. --- off the grid. --- ralph borsodi. --- reject consumerism. --- scott nearing. --- self sufficient living. --- spiritual path. --- spiritual practices. --- wendell berry.