Honoring The Earth
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In Nature S Honor
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Author : Patricia Montley
language : en
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Release Date : 2005
In Nature S Honor written by Patricia Montley and has been published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
In Nature's Honor explores the eight solar holidays that mark the turning of the Wheel of the Year. Each chapter begins with a history of the holiday--the ways in which it has been celebrated from ancient to modern times, its relationship to other religious and secular celebrations and its cultural and mythological foundations. This history is followed by recommendations for specific activities to celebrate the season that individuals, families or small groups can enjoy. The chapters conclude with formal rituals suitable for use in larger faith communities. These include scripted narration, songs, dramatic enactments, litanies of seasonal blessings, readings from poetry and mythology and suggestions for ceremonial food. In Nature's Honor reconnects the modern spiritual seeker with the earth-centered practices of our ancestors. This work explores the seasonal rituals that celebrate the earth and our connection to it--which is not just physical but profoundly spiritual. FROM THE AUTHOR From the Authorz In writing this book, I discovered the most important theme running through the history of rituals related to the earth's seasons is renewal. The wheel turns and the old season gives way to the new, the old year to the new, the old life to the new. Each planting of seeds promises new possibilities. Each harvest brings sustenance for yet another year. Each fallow time regenerates the life of the soil. The sun deities retreat and return. The grain goddesses are lost and restored. The vegetation gods die and rise again. The cycle of life goes on and on, birth after death after birth. Perhaps what all the rituals celebrate is this ongoing-ness of life: the miraculous natural world that makes it possible and our abiding connection to it. For the ancients, the interdependence was clear. When the people fasted on the eve of a new season's beginning, they purified not just their own bodies, but the land itself. The fires that encouraged the fecundity of the land also made its people fertile. For us moderns distanced from the earth by technology, the interdependence is not as clear. And we are paying the price: in polluted air and water, in soil erosion, in deforestation, in global warming. How different the condition of the planet might be if we allowed ourselves to be renewed at each turning of the wheel of the year, if we took the time periodically to celebrate the beauty and bounty of nature.
Honoring The Earth
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Author : Elizabeth J. Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Harpercollins
Release Date : 1993-09-01
Honoring The Earth written by Elizabeth J. Roberts and has been published by Harpercollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-09-01 with Religion categories.
A companion to Earth Prayers features evocative earth prayers, the words of poets and spiritual teachers--including Rilke, Maya Angelou, Geronimo, and John Muir--and blank pages on which readers can record their thoughts.
Honoring Our Mother Earth
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Author : Tirrell H. Kimball
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Honoring Our Mother Earth written by Tirrell H. Kimball and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Indians of North America categories.
Living In Silence
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Author : Lena Young
language : en
Publisher: Primordia
Release Date : 2005
Living In Silence written by Lena Young and has been published by Primordia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
In the Brazilian rain forest, a young Indian boy and his grandfather learn how to live in peace by listening silently to the sounds of nature.
Earth Honoring Faith
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Author : Larry L. Rasmussen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015-04-01
Earth Honoring Faith written by Larry L. Rasmussen and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-01 with Philosophy categories.
Grand Winner of the 2014 Nautilus Book Awards Thoughtful observers agree that the planetary crisis we now face-climate change; species extinction; the destruction of entire ecosystems; the urgent need for a more just economic-political order-is pushing human civilization to a radical turning point: change or perish. But precisely how to change remains an open question. In Earth-honoring Faith, Larry Rasmussen answers that question with a dramatically new way of thinking about human society, ethics, and the ongoing health of our planet. Rejecting the modern assumption that morality applies to human society alone, Rasmussen insists that we must derive a spiritual and ecological ethic that accounts for the well-being of all creation, as well as the primal elements upon which it depends: earth, air, fire, water, and sunlight. He argues that good science, necessary as it is, will not be enough to inspire fundamental change. We must draw on religious resources as well to make the difficult transition from an industrial-technological age obsessed with consumption to an ecological age that restores wise stewardship of all life. Earth-honoring Faith advocates an alliance of spirituality and ecology, in which the material requirements for planetary life are reconciled with deep traditions of spirituality across religions, traditions that include mysticism, sacramentalism, prophetic practices, asceticism, and the cultivation of wisdom. It is these shared spiritual practices that can produce a chorus of world faiths to counter the consumerism, utilitarianism, alienation, oppression, and folly that have pushed us to the brink. Written with passionate commitment and deep insight, Earth-honoring Faith reminds us that we must live in the present with the knowledge that the eyes of future generations will look back at us.
Earth Prayers From Around The World
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Author : Elizabeth J. Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Release Date : 1993-02-01
Earth Prayers From Around The World written by Elizabeth J. Roberts and has been published by Harper San Francisco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-01 with Religion categories.
In forest clearings, beneath star-filled skies, in cathedrals, and before the hearth... women and men have always given voice to the impulse to celebrate the world that surrounds and sustains them. Now, as we face a diminished present and an uncertain future, the need to honor the interconnection between people and the planet is heightened. From Walt Whitman, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Black Elk, to Margaret Atwood, the Rig Veda, and the chant of a Samar fisherman, the varied voices linked here offer songs and prayers for land, sea, and air; graces for food; and invocations, poems, and passages that reveal in the common spiritual heritage of all who cherish creation.
Honor The Earth
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Author : Phil Bellfy
language : en
Publisher: Ziibi Press
Release Date : 2022
Honor The Earth written by Phil Bellfy and has been published by Ziibi Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Law categories.
The Great Lakes Basin is under severe ecological threat from fracking, bursting pipelines, sulfide mining, abandonment of government environmental regulation, invasive species, warming and lowering of the lakes, etc. This book presents essays on Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Responsibility, and how Indigenous people, governments, and NGOs are responding to the environmental degradation which threatens the Great Lakes. This volume grew out of a conference that was held on the campus of Michigan State University on Earth Day, 2007. All of the essays have been updated and revised for this book. Among the presenters were Ward Churchill (author and activist), Joyce Tekahnawiiaks King (Director, Akwesasne Justice Department), Frank Ettawageshik, (Executive Director of the United Tribes of Michigan), Aaron Payment (Chair of the Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), and Dean Sayers (Chief of the Batchewana First Nation). Winona LaDuke (author, activist, twice Green Party VP candidate) also contributed to this volume. Adapted from the Introduction by Dr. Phil Bellfy: "The elements of the relationship that the Great Lakes' ancient peoples had with their environment, developed over the millennia, was based on respect for the natural landscape, pure and simple. The "original people" of this area not only maintained their lives, they thrived within the natural boundaries established by their relationship with the natural world. In today's vocabulary, it may be something as simple as an understanding that if human beings take care of the environment, the environment will take care of them. The entire relationship can be summarized as "harmony and balance, based on respect."
Celebrate The Solstice
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Author : Richard Heinberg
language : en
Publisher: Quest Books
Release Date : 2014-01-29
Celebrate The Solstice written by Richard Heinberg and has been published by Quest Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-29 with Nature categories.
This book is an accessible, engaging tool to help people enrich their lives through the observance of ancient, astronomically determined Earth festivals. It assists us to recover an experience that had deep meaning for the ancients and that is now increasingly relevant to a world facing environmental challenges. Seasonal festivals are not meant to be cultural relics. They are joyous, fun, mischievous, profound, life-affirming events that connect us deeply with the Earth, the heavens, and the wellspring of being within us. This book encourages us to undertake full-bodied, ecstatic seasonal renewal by providing information on the history and meaning of the solstices with practical suggestions on how to celebrate them now.
Honoring Our Mother Earth
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Author : Tirrell H. Kimball
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Honoring Our Mother Earth written by Tirrell H. Kimball and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Indians of North America categories.
A program of classroom activities intended to expose children aged five to thirteen to the concepts of Native American culture and religion.
Honor The Earth Indigenous Response To Environmental Degradation In The Great Lakes 2nd Ed
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Author : Phil Bellfy
language : en
Publisher: Ziibi Press
Release Date : 2022
Honor The Earth Indigenous Response To Environmental Degradation In The Great Lakes 2nd Ed written by Phil Bellfy and has been published by Ziibi Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Law categories.
This book presents essays on Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Responsibility, and how Indigenous people, governments, and NGOs are responding to the environmental degradation which threatens the Great Lakes.