The tree on White Mountain: On ritual, spirit and place
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2003
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Pryer, Alison
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Illumine
Abstract
My research project explores the reciprocal relationships between nature perception, spirituality and environmental responsibility. Based on twenty-eight in-depth interviews with ‘nature-lovers,’ environmentalists and ‘spiritual seekers,’ an insider’s-perspective is sketched of how an immanent spiritual sense is experienced and activated in nature, and what its potential is concerning the pressing issues in the world. Seen from a philosophical perspective, the research explores if and how an integral worldview, incorporating an inner or spiritual dimension, interacts with and is supported by concrete experiences in the (natural) world, as well as how it finds expression in the world. This research project gives insight into the possible potential of spirituality in terms of the environmental crisis, and attempts to demystify the concept of spirituality and presents it from a ‘this- worldly’ perspective.
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Pryer, A. (2003). The tree on White Mountain: On ritual, spirit and place. Illumine, 2(1), 25–26. https://doi.org/10.18357/illumine2120031570