The abandonment of ethically and spiritually based relationship with nature by our western ancestors was one of the greatest and perilous transformations of the western mind...Today nearly all of modern man’s ills spring from this abandonment and this is way wilderness has become so important because it reconnects us to that ancient world... Marie-louise Von Franz, a great depth psychologist, said: “Western civilization is in danger of building a wall of rationality in its society, which feeling cannot penetrate. Everything has to be rational and emotion is frowned upon. This makes the poets critically important to our cause. Wilfred Owen, a First World War poet, said that all a poet can do is to warn, and that is why true poets must be truthful. Poets warn us and they inspire us... This is our task in the 21st century. We need something that will stir our psychic depths and touch the images of the soul. It has to surpass creeds and instantly be recognized. We must learn a new language to convey the feelings of beauty, hope, inspiration and sacredness for humanity and all other life. We need to remember the first principle of ecology: that “everything is connected to everything else”. And the wilderness experience is the spiritual spark that ignites the understanding (Ian Player, 2007).
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:17:19 +0000
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