Much more goes on here than debates about how to power things. An energy source is not a neutral object: with it arrives layers of story and image to announce its psychological weight in the world. Myths and spiritual truths speak to these layers of meaning...To be more specific, where extractive energy industries dig and pump and spew they transfer the fiery Underworld from the realm of ancient lore to hard literality on Earths surface. Where oil flows, so flows Phlegethon, the burning river of Greek mythology. Our word plutocrat derives from Pluto, the shadowy god of hidden wealth. The mythology and psychology of planet-plundering corporations are those of Hades, Hell and Death.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 02:46:19 +0000
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