"Nature is good"

Eco-Philosophy

THE AGES OF GAIA, 1988, James Lovelock.

DEEP ECOLOGY, 1985, Bill Devall and George Sessions.

THE DREAM OF THE EARTH, 1988, Thomas Berry.

EARTH PRAYERS, 1991, Roberts & Amidon, eds. A selection of meditations on Nature, from poets and scriptures of many cultures.

EARTH WISDOM, 1978, Delores La Chappelle.

GAIA: AN ATLAS OF PLANET MANAGEMENT, 1984, Norman Myers, ed. The definitive guide to a planet in critical transition. Profusely illustrated, with over 100 contributors. Extraordinary.

GAIA: A NEW LOOK AT LIFE ON EARTH, 1979, James Lovelock.

GAIA: THE GROWTH OF AN IDEA, 1990, Lawrence Joseph.

HEALING GAIA: Practical Medicine for the Planet,1991, James Lovelock. Implications of Gaia Thesis.

LIFETIDE, 1979, Lyall Walson. The awareness that "we are all one" examined from a biological and evolutionary perspective.

LIVES OF A CELL, 1974, Lewis Thomas. Brilliant essays on the nature of Life.

THE RECOVERY OF CULTURE, 1963, Henry Bailey Stevens.

SACRED LAND, SACRED SEX, RAPTURE OF THE DEEP, 1988, Dolores La Chappelle. A brilliant, multi-disciplinary examination of how ritual works. Demands deep concentration, and well worth it!

THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS, 1989, Peter Tompkins. "This fascinating book roams...over that marvelous no man's land of mystical glimmerings into the nature of science and life itself."

THINKING LIKE A MOUNTAIN: TOWARDS A COUNCIL OF ALL BEINGS, 1988, John Seed, Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming. Arne Naess.

RUMORS OF SPRING, 1987, Richard Grant. What would happen if a forest could really adapt to the conditions of our poisoned planet? (fiction)

VOICE OF THE PLANET, 1990, Michael Tobias. Gaia speaks through a computer at a Tibetan monastery to enlighten an ecologist to Her fate, and his mission. (fiction; also a TBS miniseries, starring William Shatner)

THE WORD FOR WORLD IS FOREST, 1972, Ursula LeGuin. The recurring story of clashing cultures, technocratic invaders vs. dream-powered natives. (fiction)

Cosmology & Metaphysics

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